Col. Paul Tibbets commanded the bomber nicknamed this over Japan in August 1945
[DOC] [TLE] Manhattan Project: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 [PAR] In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay ... 
the commander of the 509th Composite Group, Colonel Paul Tibbets, flew at low 
... the city, directly over a parade field where soldiers of the Japanese Second... [DOC] [TLE] Colonel Paul Tibbets - Atomic Heritage Foundation [PAR] Paul Tibbets, Jr. (1915  2007) rose to brigadier general in the United States Air 
... Tibbets quickly rose through the ranks to become commanding officer of the ... 
men that would be responsible for dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan.