Classify The Crew Of The Enola Gay

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Capt. Robert Alvin Lewis (October 18, 1917 – June 18, 1983) was a United States Army Air Forces officer serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.

He was the co-pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress bomber which dropped the atomic bomb 'Little Boy' on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.





Major Thomas Wilson Ferebee (November 9, 1918 – March 16, 2000) was born on a farm outside Mocksville, North Carolina, United States of America.

Major Thomas W. Ferebee was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, and dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, marking a pivotal moment in history.







Col. Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the pilot who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay.

Born in Quincy, Illinois, the Enola Gay was named after his mum Enola Gay Tibbets.





Capt. Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk (February 27, 1921 – July 28, 2014) was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Navigator of the Enola Gay.

Upon the death of fellow crewman Morris Jeppson on March 30, 2010, Van Kirk became the last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew.








Officers of the Enola Gay: (left to right) Major Thomas W. Ferebee, Bombardier; Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Pilot; Capt. Theodore J. "Dutch" Van Kirk, Navigator; and Capt. Robert Lewis, Copilot. Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum

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Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets IV (the grandson of Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr. who was the pilot of the Enola Gay) is a Deputy Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command and Deputy Commander, Air Forces Strategic-Air, U.S. Strategic Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.