Paul Tibbets Net Worth

Paul Tibbets net worth is
$400,000

Paul Tibbets Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. (February 23, 1915 – November 1, 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force, best known as the pilot of the Enola Gay – named for his mother – the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare. The bomb, code-named Little Boy, was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.Tibbets enlisted in the United States Army in 1937 and qualified as a pilot in 1938. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he flew anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic. In February 1942, he became the commanding officer of the 340th Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group, which was equipped with the Boeing B-17. In July 1942 the 97th became the first heavy bombardment group to be deployed as part of the Eighth Air Force, and Tibbets became deputy group commander. He flew the lead plane in the first American daylight heavy bomber mission against Occupied Europe on August 17, 1942, and the first American raid of more than 100 bombers in Europe on October 9, 1942. Tibbets was chosen to fly Major General Mark W. Clark and Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gibraltar. After flying 43 combat missions, he became the assistant for bomber operations on the staff of the Twelfth Air Force.Tibbets returned to the United States in February 1943 to help with the development of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. In September 1944, he was appointed the commander of the 509th Composite Group, which would conduct the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war, he participated in the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946, and was involved in the development of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet in the early 1950s. He commanded the 308th Bombardment Wing and 6th Air Division in the late 1950s, and was military attaché in India from 1964 to 1966. After leaving the Air Force in 1966, he worked for Executive Jet Aviation, serving as its president from 1976 until his retirement in 1987.

Full Name	Paul Tibbets
Net Worth	$400,000
Date Of Birth	February 23, 1915
Died	November 1, 2007, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Place Of Birth	Quincy, Illinois, USA
Profession	Aircraft pilot, Soldier
Education	University of Cincinnati, University of Florida
Nationality	American
Spouse	Andrea Quattrehomme, Lucy Wingate
Children	Gene Tibbets, James Tibbets, Paul III Tibbets
Parents	Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr., Enola Gay Tibbets
Nicknames	Paul Tibbets, Tibbets, Paul Warfield, Jr., Paul Tibbets.
IMDB
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
Star Sign	Pisces

#	Fact
1	The B-29 (#44-8629) he piloted that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing almost 80,000 people, is currently housed at the Smithsonian Institution.
2	As a means of thwarting the actions of prospective anti-nuke protesters after his death, Tibbets requested that there be no funeral arrangements, and that he be buried in an unmarked grave site.
3	Died in his Columbus, Ohio, home at the age of ninety-two. He had suffered small strokes and heart failure in his final years and had been in hospice care. Tibbets laid down in his will that there should be no funeral service after his death and no headstone for fear this might lead to demonstrations at his grave. He wanted to ensure that his resting place could never be a pilgrimage site for opponents of the use of nuclear weapons. Tibbets asked to be cremated, and have his ashes dispersed into the waters of the English Channel.
4	Children from first marriage = Paul III, Gene; child from second marriage = James.
5	The name of his B-29 "Enola Gay" was actually the name of Tibbets' mother.
6	He was the pilot of the B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay", which dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hiroshima	2005	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Pilot, Enola Gay
Modern Marvels	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
Price for Peace	2002	Documentary	Himself
Moments of Truth with Stephen Ambrose	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as Paul W. Tibbets)
Heaven on Earth	2001/I	Documentary	Paul W. Tibbets
American Experience	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
Men Who Brought the Dawn	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself
War	1982	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself`
The World at War	1974	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself - Hiroshima Pilot