Paul Tibbets nasceu o 23 de fevereiro de 1915 em Illinois, EUA. Foi casado com Andrea P. Quattrehomme e Lucy Frances Wingate. Morreu o 1 de novembro de 2007 em Columbus, Ohio, EUA.
When the bomb was dropped, everyone craned his neck to watch the enormous black cloud that rose over the city - an effect quite different from anything any of them had ever seen. Then they flew back to the Marianas, eating ham sandwiches as they went.
