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|name= Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr.

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|lived= [[February 23]], [[1915]] –

[[Image:Setalvad.jpg|right|Teesta Setalvad]]<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:teesta.jpg|thumbnail|400px|Senior journalist [[Siddharth Varadarajan]] makes a point at a seminar on human rights at Harvard University.On his left are activists Pervez Imroz, Ram Narayan Kumar and Teesta Setalvad and on his right, Prof Balkrisha Rajagopal of M.I.T. November 15, 2003.]] -->

|placeofbirth= [[Quincy, Illinois]]

'''Teesta Setalvad''' is an [[India|Indian]] [[activist]] and former journalist, who has been active since 1983[http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/IndiaTND.asp]

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|caption= Official photograph Paul W. Tibbets

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|serviceyears= 1937-1966

|rank= [[Brigadier general]]

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|battles= [[World War II]]<br>[[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]

|awards= [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]<br>[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]<br>[[Legion of Merit]]<br>[[Purple Heart]]<br>[[Air Medal]]<br>[[Commendation Medal]]

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'''Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr.''' (born [[February 23]], [[1915]]) is a former [[brigadier general]] in the [[United States Air Force]] and was the pilot of the first aircraft to drop an [[atomic bomb]].

==Biography==

Tibbets was born in [[Quincy, Illinois]] and was the son of Paul Warfield Tibbets and Enola Gay Tibbets (born Haggard). On [[February 25]], [[1937]], he enlisted as a flying cadet in the [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]] at [[Fort Thomas, Kentucky]]. He was commissioned a [[ second lieutenant]] in 1938 and received his wings at [[Kelly Air Force Base|Kelly Field]], [[Texas]]. Tibbets was named commanding officer of the 340th Bomb Squadron, [[97th Heavy Bomb Group]] flying [[B-17 Flying Fortress]]es in March, 1942. Based at [[RAF Polebrook]], he piloted the lead bomber on the first [[Eighth Air Force]] bombing mission in Europe on [[August 17]], [[1942]] and later flew combat missions in the [[Mediterranean Theater of Operations]] until returning to the U.S. to test fly [[B-29 Superfortress]]es. In September 1944 he was selected to command the project at [[Wendover Army Air Field]], [[Utah]], that became the [[509th Operations Group|509th Composite Group]], in connection with the [[Manhattan Project]]'s [[Project Alberta]].

[[Image:Tibbets-wave.jpg|thumb|Colonel Paul Tibbets Jr.]]

Teesta testified at the [[United States Commission on International Religious Freedom]] on June 10, 2002 against the Gujarat's governments role in the post-Godhra communal violence.[http://www.uscirf.gov/events/hearings/2002/june/06102002_setalvaTestimony.html]

On [[August 5]], [[1945]] Colonel Paul Tibbets formally named B-29 serial number 44-86292 ''[[Enola Gay]]'' after his mother (she was named after the heroine, Enola, of a [[novel]] her father had liked). On [[August 6]] [[1945]] the ''Enola Gay'' departed [[Tinian]] Island in the Marianas with Tibbets at the controls at 2:45 a.m. for [[Hiroshima, Japan]]. The atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. local time.

The film ''[[Above and Beyond (film)|Above and Beyond]]'' (1952) depicted the World War II events involving Tibbets, with [[Robert Taylor (actor)|Robert Taylor]] starring as Tibbets and [[Eleanor Parker]] as his first wife, Lucy.

Teesta Setalvaad shot into prominence for her relentless political attacks on the BJP and the RSS. Recent press reports suggest that the NGo she operates is funded exclusively by Saudi missionaries and charities, debunking her claim of a non-partisan "struggle". The funding of her NGO remains elusive till date.

In [[1959]], Col. Tibbets was promoted to [[Brigadier General]]. He retired from the [[U.S. Air Force]] on [[August 31]], [[1966]].

Teesta Setalvad received the 2004 M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award from the [[Vigil India Movement]].

In the '60s, Tibbets was posted as military attaché in India, but this posting was rescinded after all political parties in India protested his presence. After retirement, he worked for Executive Jet Aviation, a Columbus, Ohio-based air taxi company, and was president from 1976 until he retired in 1987.

==Best Bakery Case/Gujrat Riots Aftermath==

In November 2004, she was accused of pressuring [[Zaheera Sheikh]], the key witness in the [[Best Bakery case]], to make certain statements, leading to the unprecedented transferral of the case outside [[Gujarat]]. In August 2005, a [[Supreme Court of India]] committee absolved her of the charges of inducement levelled against her by Zahira.

Although Tibbets was born in Illinois, he was raised in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]], where his father was a confections wholesaler. The family was listed there in the 1920 U.S. Federal Population Census. In about 1927, the family moved to Florida.

Teesta Setalvad was accused by Zaheera, the victim of [[Best Bakery Case]], that she is getting money from abroad and her organisation Sabrang & Communalism Combat are funded by Saudi money. She also accused of being a Pakistani spy trying to tarnish the image of India aboard.

Tibbets married his wife, Andrea, in about 1953 or 1954.

Testeeta's Husband Javed Anand runs Sabrang communication which claims itself as fighting for human rights. Testeeta Setalvada is the official mouth peace of this organization. Members of Sabrang communication came to United States to testify against Indian government accusing the government of not giving Muslims religious freedoms and wanted to place India in list of nations like Sudan and Saudi Arabia where minorities don’t have religious freedoms.[http://www.uscirf.gov/events/hearings/2002/june/06102002_setalvaTestimony.html]

It has been found in Sabrangs website that India’s map is without Jammu & Kashmir and Assam. Sabrang came out with a hate attack against IDRF which is involved in upliftment of adivasis in India. Many members of Sabrang including Harsh Mendhar belong to the fundamentalist Christian organization called action aid which is based in UK. Sabrang is involve in the defense of the terrorist who killed 59 Hindus in Godhra.

An interview of Paul Tibbets can be seen in the 1982 movie entitled [[Atomic Cafe]]. He was also interviewed in the British documentary series ''[[The World at War]]''.

His grandson [[Lt. Col.]] Paul Tibbets, IV, [[as of 2005]] is a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, flying a [[B-2 Spirit]] for the 509th Bomb Wing, the same unit that his grandfather commanded.

==External links==

*[http://www.catalystmagazine.org/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0a2.RefLocID-0hg01b001006001.Lang-EN.htm INDIA: The constitutional mandate and education] - article by Teesta Setalvad in [http://www.catalystmagazine.org Catalyst Magazine] (January 2006)

*[http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2004/november/96216.htm "''Setalvad is pressurising me": Zahira''] - Mid Day (3 November 2004)

*[http://www.thehindu.com/2005/03/31/stories/2005033107850300.htm "''Zaheera seeks probe into Teesta Setalvad's bank accounts''"]

*[http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2004/12/latest-act-in-tragedy-that-is-zahira.html'' The latest act in the tragedy that is Zahira''] -- News analysis by Siddharth Varadarajan in [[The Hindu]] (23 December 2004).<!--The Hindu article link is http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/23/stories/2004122313861100.htm -->

Tibbets has been interviewed extensively by Mike Harden of the Columbus (Ohio) ''Dispatch'', and profiles have appeared in the newspaper on anniversaries of the first dropping of an atomic bomb. Tibbets generally expresses no regret regarding the decision to drop the bomb. In March of 2005, he publicly stated "If you give me the same circumstances, hell yeah, I'd do it again."

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There is no substance to the [[urban legend]] which states that Tibbets or other members of the Enola Gay crew later went insane with remorse. However, [[Claude Eatherly]], pilot of the weather reconnaissance aircraft [[Straight Flush]], did experience recurring guilt feelings that tormented him for the rest of his life.

==Awards and Decorations==

[[Image:Commandpilotbadge.jpg|90px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[USAF aeronautical rating#Pilot ratings|Command pilot]]

*[[Image:DSCRib.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]

*[[Image:Us_disflycross_rib.png|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]

*[[Image:Us_airmedal_rib.png|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Air Medal]]

*[[Image:Purpleheart rib.png|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Purple Heart]]

*[[Image:Us_legion_of_merit_rib.png|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion of Merit]]

*[[Image:ArmyComRib.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Commendation Medal]]

*[[Image:EAMERib.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]]

*[[Image:AsiaCampRib.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]

*[[Image:USADefRib.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[American Defense Service Medal]]

*[[Image:USACampRib.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[American Campaign Medal]]

*[[Image:WW2rib.gif|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[World War II Victory Medal]]

== See also ==

* [[Sigma_Nu#Lead|Sigma Nu LEADership learning program]]

== External links ==

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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhZERU58RSI Paul Tibbets (circa 1950-1960's) video interview] @ youtube.com

*[http://www.olive-drab.com/od_nuclear_509th.php 509th Composite Group]

*[http://www.olive-drab.com/od_nuclear_hiroshima.php Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima]

*[http://alsos.wlu.edu/qsearch.aspx?browse=people/Tibbets,+Paul Annotated bibliography for Paul Tibbets from the Alsos Digital Library]

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