Lewis, copilot Lt Jacob Beser, radar countermeasures officer and weaponeers, Captain William S. Tibbets, pilot and commander Capt Robert A. Ferebee, group bombardier Capt Theodore J. Duzenbury, flight engineer PFC Richard H. The crew consisted of the following people: SSgt George R. From Operational History of the 509th BombardmentĪt 0245 Tinian time on Monday, 6 August 1945, Col Tibbets and crew took off in the Enola Gay.