Plane Tales

He is dead now but you’ll find no stone to mark his grave since he has neither grave nor marker, which is a little odd for a much decorated American hero who fought for his country with outstanding bravery... but it was his wish and his family accepted that.   Boeing B-17D   The 509th   Project Alberta   The Trinity Test tower   The world's first atomic bomb just prior to the Trinity Test   The Trinity Test fireball   Little Boy   The mission map   Detonation   Hiroshima just after detonation   The Hiroshima Damage estimation map   Enola Gay returns   Tibbits in Enola Gay   Tibbits is decorated by Gen Spaatz   Enola Gay in the Udvar Hazy   Paul W Tibbits   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the USAF, US Gov, Project Alberta, Mr98, Berlyn Brixner, US Gov DOD, Jack W Aeby, United States Department of Energy, George R Caron, U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Armen Shamlian and elliottwolf.