Paul Tibbets' Flight log

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Veteran aviator Paul Tibbets was given the duty of dropping the first atomic bomb in history on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Tibbet recorded every mission that he flew during his military career in this logbook, including his classified August 6 mission. The entry for this date is similar to others found throughout the log, giving no indication as to the gravity of his mission on that day.