To: mkjessup
He wasn’t a General at the time of the mission, was he? What WAS his rank? Captain, maybe?
40 posted on
08/06/2016 4:03:27 AM PDT by
Tucker39
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To: Tucker39
Colonel. Don’t remember if it was full or Lt. Col.
43 posted on
08/06/2016 4:10:03 AM PDT by
wita
To: Tucker39; wita; All
He wasn’t a General at the time of the mission, was he? What WAS his rank? Captain, maybe?
That was a bit of data I was unable to find early EARLY this morning, however thanks to the obituary link for Paul Tibbets graciously provided by FReeper Wita, I learned that it was Colonel Tibbets who flew that mission, being promoted to Brigadier General later on.
Thank you Wita!
69 posted on
08/06/2016 7:38:03 AM PDT by
mkjessup
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