Reflection In History: 89 Years Ago, Paul Tibbets Began His Military Career That Would Lead To Piloting The Historic Enola Gay

Reflection In History: 89 Years Ago, Paul Tibbets Began His Military Career That Would Lead To Piloting The Historic Enola Gay

QUINCY/ALTON - 89 years ago, on Feb. 25, 1937, Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. of Quincy, Illinois, enlisted as a cadet in the Army Air Corps, a step that preceded his later role as the pilot of the Enola Gay. He is shown in front of the famed aircraft above. This aircraft dropped the first atomic bomb in history on Hiroshima during World War II.Tibbets, who later became a brigadier general in the United States Air Force, attended Western Military Aca…