Flight of the Enola Gay [Paperback]

Paul W. Tibbets (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Buckeye Aviation Book Co; Second Printing edition (May 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942397118
• ISBN-13: 978-0942397116
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #771,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exellent and entertaining book - I enjoyed it very much, October 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Flight of the Enola Gay (Paperback)

This book can be purchased from the United States Air Force Museum bookstore in Dayton, Ohio. I found a copy there - that was actually autographed by Paul Tibbetts himself!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A glimpse of real history told by a real man., January 1, 2007

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Donald P. Pehta "dpehta" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flight of the Enola Gay (Paperback)

I happened to meet Paul Tibbets at an air show in Florida, and bought his book. He was in his late 80's or early 90's at the time, but still vital and interesting.

His story of his life was fascinating. How he learned to love flying as a young boy while throwing the brand new "Baby Ruth" candy bars to beach crowds from an open cockpit bi-plane, to his leading a bomber battalion in Europe before being selecting to head the B-29 squadron that would drop the bomb that ended World War II. One eye-opening fact the revisionists neglect to mention when they lament the dropping of the the second bomb, after the Japanese refused to surrender after the first. Captured newspapers after the first bomb reported to the rest of Japan that there was an 'air strike' over Hiroshima, but that damage was light. Imagine that. The war lords were hoping we only had one nuclear device, and wanted to keep their subjects prepared to "slaughter the invaders". Believe it or not, Millions, maybe tens of millions of lives were saved.
A great read.

1 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and disappointing., September 7, 2009

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GangstaLawya (TimBuckToo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flight of the Enola Gay (Paperback)

Very exciting book. It reads like a Lewis and Clark, Marco Polo, or even Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton expedition. Of course, the author's sentiments are rather disturbing. For example, he says that, with regard to murdering tens of thousands of Japanese: "I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it, and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly every night." And: "If you give me the same circumstances, I'd do it again." Anyone hear of the word "sociopath?" Oh well, he managed to murder all those undesirable Catholics in Japan. I'm sure his lodge buddies were pleased with him, especially that of Truman who issued the executive order accomplishing this atrocity. I wouldn't want to go to my death bed unrepentant like this. We all have to answer to Jesus Christ for our actions. While piloting the Enola Gay, he dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima. I would have been a conscientious objector. I fear God who can destroy both body and soul rather than a military court that can only court martial me. Why didn't we drop it on one of those uninhabited islands rather than attack these poor people? And why did we have to drop two of these bombs? I'm appalled at so-called conservatives who protest this rhetoric I make here which criticizes Truman's executive order, who label such critics as being "liberal." Boy, that sure compels me to change my mind lest I wake up liberal. If I don't endorse the mass murder of people, I'm not on the side of genuine conservatives. Since when do conservatives approve mass murder "for the greater cause?" We see this today when men like Pat Robertson or George Bush or Oliver North bless the Israeli murder of tens of thousands of Palestinians and the selling of their body parts (the same eugenic type activity they indict the Nazi's for allegedly doing). It's sham conservativism. While this is a very interesting book, note the depravity of the author. And he is depraved. He doesn't even attempt at an excuse. Very audacious. Very pathetic. Now we have a democratic administration that wants to indulge in eugenics via a health bill. Those who don't learn from the lessons of history are bound to repeat its mistakes.