All that is Horseshit as a story. My old man's crew picked up the plane in Kansas and flew it to Utah.
Most of the Tibbets story is all lies. He was a real asshole. He wanted to make money off his story. Most of the crew did not. At the end, Tibbets and 3 others were creepy and went to their graves merchandising the bombing.
That guy is no hero. He was thrown out of North Africa by better men before he slimed into Silver Plate.
I know his story for 60 years.
Despicable fuck.
Snuck out at 1 am to put his mothers name on the plane.
Some kind of hero? NOT!