Who were the pilots who bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 1

Col. Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. piloted the B-29 known as the Enola Gay (named for Paul Tibbets mother) for the bombing of Hiroshima. The the 509th Composite Group had 15 B-29s in it, but only seven Boeing B-29s would take part, including the primary, a standby, a photo plane, one with scientific instruments to measure the blast, and three others that would scout ahead.

Most of the Crew of the Enola Gay were picked by Tibbets from his old B-17 crew.

• Capt. Robert Lewis - copilot
• Maj. Thomas Ferebee - bombardier
• Capt. Theodore Van Kirk - navigator
• Lt. Jacob Beser - radar countermeasures
• Navy Capt. William "Deak" Parsons - weaponeer
• 2nd Lt. Maurice Jeppson - assistant weaponeer
• Sgt. Joe Stiborik - radar
• Staff Sgt. George Caron - tail gunner
• Sgt. Robert Shumard - asst. flight engineer
• Pfc. Richard Nelson - radio
• Tech Sgt. Wayne Duzenberry - flight engineer

Most of this information was referenced from

http://www.acepilots.com/usaaf_tibbets.HTML

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tibbets

Answer 2

On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM local time, a B-29 plane, the "Enola Gay" was piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, dropped a uranium atomic bomb, code named "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan.

On August 9, 1945, at 11:02 AM local time, another B-29, "Bockscar" was piloted by Colonel Charles W. Sweeney, when it dropped a plutonium atomic bomb, code named "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan.

Answer 3

Lots of planes bombed Japan; you'd have to be more specific.

If you mean the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that was Paul Tibbets and Charles Sweeney respectively.

Answer 4

Colonel Paul Tibbets and Captain Frederick C. Bock.

Answer 5

There were a large number of pilots involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Answer 6

Paul Tibbets , the pilot of the Enola Gay , died November 1, 2007 .