Another well-known member of the Greatest Generation has died, at 92. Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets was the pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb used in anger on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945.I had the great honor to meet General Tibbets in the mid-1990s. He was a featured guest at an airshow I attended, and at one point he was at a B-29 exhibit. I spoke with him there very briefly; I had the chance to tell him that I had greatly enjoyed his book (The Flight of the Enola Gay), and that I was very glad that he had been there to fly the Enola Gay for that mission. I don't remember what he said in response, but I do remember the appreciative smile, and a firm handshake.
Rest in peace, General. Your country remains proud of its soldiers, anti-military wackos and the lamestream media notwithstanding.
There's a locked-down Wikipedia article on General Tibbets (locked down because anti-military kooks persistently edited the article to add defamatory and inflammatory remarks).
Obituaries from major newspapers here, here, here, and here.
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