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(N.A.) (N.D.) The 509th Composite Group. Retrieved 12/2/10 from [|http://www.enolagay509th.com] The 509th composite group was made to plan and drop the first atomic bomb. General Paul Tibbets lead that group. He flew a B-29 named the Enola Gay. He dropped the atomic bomb, codenamed "little boy", in August 1945. Many feel that bomb, and the one dropped on Nagasaki, Fat Man, brought a quick end to World War II.

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(N.A.) (12.2.10). Paul Tibbets. Retrieved 12/2/10 from [] Paul Tibbets was best known for piloting the Enola Gay, named after his mother. Joining the air force in 1937, he rose from the ranks, a cadet, to a brigadier general. In August of 1945, he dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He retired in 1966. He died in his Columbus home in 2007.

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Schieffer, B. (11.4.09). Remembering Paul Tibbets. Retrieved 12/1/10 from [] On August 6, 1945, Paul Tibbets climbed on to the Enola Gay, the first plane to drop an atomic bomb. In an instant, more than 100,000 people were vaporized. Many died from radiation later. Paul Tibbets had no regrets because he felt the bomb had saved more lives than would have been lost if the war had gone on. Paul was cremated when he died, for fear protesters would deface his gravestone.