Paul Tibbets Professions : Pilot Born : February 23, 1915 Died : November 1, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Paul Tibbets A bright light filled the plane. The first shock-wave hit us. We were eleven and a half miles slant range from the atomic explosion but the whole airplane cracked and crinkled from the blast... We turned back to look at Hiroshima. The city was hidden by that awful cloud... mushrooming, terrible and incredibly tall. Paul Tibbets airplane cities war I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly every night. Paul Tibbets proud sleep night I will go only so far as to say that I knew what an atom was. Paul Tibbets atoms Similar Authors Albert Scott Crossfield pilot Douglas Bader pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille pilot Hanna Reitsch pilot Chuck Aaron pilot Cecil Arthur Lewis pilot All Authors
