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Originally Posted by SteamWake
Heard that too. Another piece of living history slips away nearly un noticed.
I dont really know of Tibbets background other than he was the pilot of the Enola Gay.
Those guys knew they were dropping some sort of 'big bomb' but were not prepared for what they witnessed and alot of them had severe life isssues afterwards.
Can you imagine naming an aircraft "Enola Gay" in this day and age ??
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Enola Gay was his mothers name. Paul Tibbets was from Denver Colorado as I am a native of Colorado myself. He hand picked his plane off the assembly line and named it that. He stated that he never had any regrets about dropping the bomb. and I tend to be one of those who agree with his views. My Grandfather was on Okinawa and would have been among those sent into Japan to Fight them if they didnt end the war the way that they did. I think that if we had taken Japan by storm that there wouldnt be any Japanese left and we would have had as many as 5 to 10 more years fighting there more then we did. Besides We did far more destruction and Caused more deaths Fire Bombing Toyko Then was caused by both A bombs combined.