Paul Tibbets
1915 to 2007
8 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Paul Tibbets across 8 places, from 1915 to 1944. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Paul Tibbets was documented, and when
23 February 1915exact date
Quincy, Illinoisattested
“was born in Quincy, Illinois, on 23 February 1915, the son of Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr.”
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1933year
Alton, Illinoisattested
“In the late 1920s, business issues forced Tibbets's family to return to Alton, Illinois, where he graduated from Western Military Academy in 1933.”
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1933year
Western Military Academyattested
“In the late 1920s, business issues forced Tibbets's family to return to Alton, Illinois, where he graduated from Western Military Academy in 1933.”
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1940year
Columbus, Georgiaattested
“Paul III was born in 1940, in Columbus, Georgia, and graduated from Huntingdon College and Auburn University.”
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1940year
Huntingdon Collegeattested
“Paul III was born in 1940, in Columbus, Georgia, and graduated from Huntingdon College and Auburn University.”
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December 1941month
MacDill Air Force Baseattested
“In December 1941, he received orders to join the 29th Bombardment Group at MacDill Field, Florida, for training on the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.”
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1944year
Georgiana, Alabamaattested
“The younger son, Gene Wingate Tibbets, was born in 1944, and was at the time of his death in 2012 residing in Georgiana in Butler County in southern Alabama.”
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1944year
Butler County, Alabamaattested
“The younger son, Gene Wingate Tibbets, was born in 1944, and was at the time of his death in 2012 residing in Georgiana in Butler County in southern Alabama.”
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Places Paul Tibbets is documented in
Alton, Illinois1 presence · 1933
Butler County, Alabama1 presence · 1944
Columbus, Georgia1 presence · 1940
Georgiana, Alabama1 presence · 1944
Huntingdon College1 presence · 1940
MacDill Air Force Base1 presence · 1941
Quincy, Illinois1 presence · 1915
Western Military Academy1 presence · 1933
Other places tied to Paul Tibbets in the record
In each of these, a source puts Paul Tibbets and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Paul Tibbets was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1934year
Gainesville, Floridamentioned
“He then attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, and became an initiated member of the Epsilon Zeta chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity in 1934.”
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25 February 1937exact date
Fort Thomas, Kentuckymentioned
“On 25 February 1937, he enlisted in the army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and was sent to Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas, for primary and basic flight instruction.”
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25 February 1937exact date
Randolph Air Force Basementioned
“On 25 February 1937, he enlisted in the army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and was sent to Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas, for primary and basic flight instruction.”
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25 February 1937exact date
San Antonio, Texasmentioned
“On 25 February 1937, he enlisted in the army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and was sent to Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas, for primary and basic flight instruction.”
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1938year
San Antonio, Texasmentioned
“He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and received his pilot rating in 1938 at Kelly Field in San Antonio.”
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1938year
Kelly Air Force Basementioned
“He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and received his pilot rating in 1938 at Kelly Field in San Antonio.”
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18 June 1938exact date
Holy Trinity, Alabamamentioned
“The two quietly married in a Roman Catholic seminary in Holy Trinity, Alabama, on 18 June 1938 even though Tibbets was a Protestant.”
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June 1941month
Hunter Air Force Basementioned
“In June 1941, Tibbets transferred to the 9th Bombardment Squadron of the 3rd Bombardment Group at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia, as the engineering officer, and flew the A-20 Havoc.”
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July 1942month
RAF Polebrookmentioned
“In July 1942 the 97th became the first heavy bombardment group of the Eighth Air Force to be deployed to England, where it was based at RAF Polebrook.”
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July 1942month
Englandmentioned
“In July 1942 the 97th became the first heavy bombardment group of the Eighth Air Force to be deployed to England, where it was based at RAF Polebrook.”
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17 August 1942exact date
Rouenmentioned
“Tibbets co-piloted the lead bomber Butcher Shop with Armstrong as the pilot for the first American daylight heavy bomber mission on 17 August 1942, a shallow-penetration raid against a marshalling yard in Rouen in Occupied France.”
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February 1943month
United Statesmentioned
“Tibbets returned to the United States in February 1943.”
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March 1944month
Grand Island Army Airfieldmentioned
“After a year of developmental testing of the B-29, Tibbets was assigned in March 1944 as director of operations of the 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Very Heavy), a B-29 training unit based at Grand Island Army Air Field, Ne…”
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1 September 1944exact date
Colorado Springs Army Airfieldmentioned
“On 1 September 1944, Tibbets reported to Colorado Springs Army Airfield, the headquarters of the Second Air Force, where he met with its commander, Major General Uzal Ent, and three representatives of the Manhattan Project, Lieutenant Co…”
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January 1945month
March 1945month
6 March 1945exact date
26 April 1945exact date
29 May 1945exact date
6 November 1945exact date
6 November 1945exact date
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