TIBBETS, Paul W., Jr., Colonel, USAAF with B-29 Enola Gay Published on August 1, 2013 in 6 August 1945 (5 August 1945 UTC)Full resolution (1600 × 2038) ← Previous Next → Colonel Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr., United States Army Air Forces, Commanding Officer, 509th Composite group, and aircraft commander of the B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay. (U.S. Air Force)