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File:Tibbets-wave.jpg

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English: Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, waving from its cockpit. Photograph taken by soldier Armen Shamlian of the United States Army Air Forces (now the United States Air Force) in August, 1945 and now in custody of the US's National Archives and Records Administration. (NWDNS-208-LU-13H-5) The image is in the public domain, as with most US federal government documents.
Español: El piloto Paul Tibbets a bordo del Enola Gay
Suomi: Enola Gay ja sen lentäjä eversti Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.
Français : Tibbets saluant les photographes peu avant le départ de Tinian
Italiano: Il pilota Paul Tibbets a bordo dell'Enola Gay
日本語: 広島原爆投下に向け、出撃に際しエノラ・ゲイの機長席から手を振るポール・ティベッツ大佐
Deutsch: Der Pilot der Enola Gay, Paul W. Tibbets, vor dem Start des Flugzeugs am 6. August 1945
Date
Source NARA. Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Author Photo taken by 509th photographer Pfc. Armen Shamlian.

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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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This file was reviewed on 2 October 2009 by the administrator or trusted user — Rlevse • Talk • , who confirmed the Public Domain status on that date.

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  • 2004-02-18 05:24 Delirium 881×1191×8 (220955 bytes) A much higher-resolution version, now that we have an auto-thumbnail function to scale things down as needed anyway.
  • 2002-07-20 11:49 (Automated conversion) 295×400×8 (79215 bytes)

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current03:37, 9 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 03:37, 9 October 20071,113 × 1,376 (205 KB)HowardMorlandI darkened the letters E, N, & G, to counteract flashbulb glare, and removed small blemishes. No other changes.
14:01, 5 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 14:01, 5 August 20051,113 × 1,376 (204 KB)Dake~commonswikiPaul Tibbets, pilot of Enola Gay, waves his hand before the atomic attack on Hiroshima. {{PD-USGov}}

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