I’ve found myself easily tied to a story if it in some way relates to me and tells me things that I didn’t know before. I have found myself in situations where I can relate a character’s actions and thoughts to myself. In this book there is definitely In the some novels we read, we become intrigued by the intricacy of the plot and how it connects to our lives personally. I appreciate stories that bring me into the character’s world and show appropriate attention to detail throughout the story. In the some novels we read, we become intrigued by the intricacy of the plot and how it connects to our lives personally. The opinionated style resulting from it being an autobiography only adds to its impact, so I really enjoyed it.more Personally, I found it amazing for the many things that it said, and for the unique perspective which it offered on the dropping of the bomb. And that is the problem - opinion will be polarised on such a subject. There are some very interesting events throughout this, but of course the defining events are the prep for and carrying out the dropping of the weapon on Hiroshima. It then covers his subsequent service post-war with the USAAF and its successor the USAF, finishing with his civil aviation experience after leaving the service. There are some very interesting events throughout this, but of course the defining events are the prep for and carrying out th Published in 1989, 'Flight of the Enola Gay' is the autobiography of Paul Tibbets, and covers his service with the USAAF in WW2 culminating in his piloting of the aircraft that dropped the first A-Bomb in anger. Published in 1989, 'Flight of the Enola Gay' is the autobiography of Paul Tibbets, and covers his service with the USAAF in WW2 culminating in his piloting of the aircraft that dropped the first A-Bomb in anger. This is an excellent book about a member of the Greatest Generation who saved the world.more
He feels like he ended the war and saved millions of American lives and Japanese lives from an invasion. They were shocked by the mushroom cloud and what they could see of the destruction, but Tibbets is proud of what he did. They had to be 8 miles away when the bomb exploded or they would be subject to not only radiation but also the shock wave. The bomb was activated on the flight to the Japanese mainland, not an easy task. They were afraid that if they activated it on the ground and they crashed on takeoff, the entire air base would be obliterated. No one had ever transported a bomb such as this on a plane. He is quietly transferred to the Manhattan project where they are building the first atomic bomb, and he is picked to carry the bomb and drop it on Hiroshima. He leads the first day light raid over Europe, and he is recognized as a superb pilot. His parents want him to become a doctor, but he leaves school and he becomes a US Air Force pilot during WWII. A young boy learns to fly airplanes during the Depression. No one had ever tra This is an American story.