US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) John Calvano, Videographer, 509th Communication Squadron (CS), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), captures a historical moment with retired USAF Brigadier General (BGEN) Paul Tibbets in Columbus, Ohio. BGEN Tibbets founded the 509th Composite Group in the 1940s and piloted the B-29 Super Fortress Enola Gay that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Columbus
State: Ohio (OH)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tia C. Schroeder, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1940 - 1949
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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