Autographs of Paul Tibbets

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Tibbets enlisted in the United States Army in 1937 and qualified as a pilot in 1938. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he flew anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic. In February 1942, he became the commanding officer of the 340th Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group, which was equipped with the Boeing B-17. In July 1942, the 97th became the first heavy bombardment group to be deployed as part of the Eighth Air Force, and Tibbets became deputy group commander. He co-piloted the lead plane in the first American daylight heavy bomber mission against German-occupied Europe on 17 August 1942 that was piloted by Colonel Frank Alton Armstrong, Jr. (the 97th Bomb Group CO); and the first American raid of more than 100 bombers in Europe on 9 October 1942. Tibbets was chosen to fly Major General Mark W. Clark and Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gibraltar. After flying 14 (possibly 25) combat missions, he became the assistant for bomber operations on the staff of the Twelfth Air Force.
Tibbets returned to the United States in February 1943 to help with the development of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. In September 1944, he was appointed the commander of the 509th Composite Group, which would conduct the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war, he participated in the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946, and was involved in the development of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet in the early 1950s. He commanded the 308th Bombardment Wing and 6th Air Division in the late 1950s, and was military attaché in India from 1964 to 1966. After leaving the Air Force in 1966, he worked for Executive Jet Aviation, serving on the founding board and as its president from 1976 until his retirement in 1987.
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Traded items with a signature of Paul Tibbets

The most expensive item with a signature of Paul Tibbets (President Gerald Ford & Paul Tibbets Signed Challenger Rememberance Cover PSA) was sold in March 2026 for £468.29 while the cheapest item (RAF 1982 Signed Brigadier General Paul TIBBETS Introduction of Boeing B - 29) found a new owner for £3.20 in August 2017. The month with the most items sold (5) was July 2018 with an average selling price of £18.00 for an autographed item of Paul Tibbets. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2013 with £161.20 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.20 was August 2017. In average, an autographed item from Paul Tibbets is worth £35.64.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Paul Tibbets were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	B-29 Atom Bomber FDC signed byWW2 Enola Gay pilot, Paul Tibbets (1915-2007)	£61.44
	B-29 Atom Bomber FDC signed byWW2 Enola Gay pilot, Paul Tibbets (1915-2007)	£61.44
	Enola Gay Bomber & Pilot Photo (Colonel Paul Tibbets). Original & Signed	£82.95
	Enola Gay Bomber & Pilot Photo (Colonel Paul Tibbets). Original & Signed	£82.95
	Enola Gay Captain Brig.Gen PAUL TIBBETS Signed RAF B39c B-29 Washington Cover	£45.94
	Enola Gay Captain Brig.Gen PAUL TIBBETS Signed RAF B39c B-29 Washington Cover	£45.94
	Enola Gay Captain Brig.Gen PAUL TIBBETS Signed USAF 50th Ann RAF CC33 Cover	£37.94
	PAUL TIBBETS ENOLA GAY PILOT SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO UACC & AFTAL RD WWII AUTOGRAPH	£154.98
	PAUL TIBBETS ENOLA GAY PILOT SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO UACC & AFTAL RD WWII AUTOGRAPH	£154.98
	WW2 Atom Bomb pilot Brig Paul Tibbets signed 1945 rare card American VJ DAY	£76.54
	WW2 Atom Bomb pilot Brig Paul Tibbets signed 1945 rare card American VJ DAY	£76.54
	WW2 Enola Gay Hiroshima pilot Paul Tibbets signed RAF 50th ann USAF cover	£41.24
	WW2 Enola Gay Hiroshima pilot Paul Tibbets signed RAF 50th ann USAF cover	£41.24
	WW2 Enola Gay Hiroshima pilot Paul Tibbets signed RAF B29 flown Bomber cover	£61.24
	WW2 Enola Gay Hiroshima pilot Paul Tibbets signed RAF B29 flown Bomber cover	£61.24