He then went on to study at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Tibbets attended the Western Military Academy and graduated in 1933. In 1927, Tibbets flew in a plane, piloted by barnstormer Doug Dais.ĭuring the 1920s, his father faced some business issues, and the family moved to Alton, Illinois. Tibbets was interested in flying since he was a boy after his mother payed one dollar to get him on an airplane at the local carnival. When Tibbets was eight years old, his family moved once again, to Miami, Florida. His father worked there as a confections wholesaler.
When he was five years old, his family moved to Davenport, Iowa and later to Des Moines. was born on February 23, 1915, in Quincy, Illinois.
