The Atomic Bomb Group

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United States Army Air Forces unit military aviation unit

The Atomic Bomb Group was the informal name for the U.S. Army Air Forces unit that carried out the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces unit ⓘ
military aviation unit ⓘ
aircraftInvolved Bockscar ⓘ
Enola Gay ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 509th Composite Group ⓘ
associatedProgram Manhattan Project ⓘ
baseOfOperations North Field, Tinian ⓘ
branch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commandedBy Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
commandStructure 509th Composite Group ⓘ
surface form: 509th Composite Group command
component flight crews ⓘ
ground support personnel ⓘ
maintenance personnel ⓘ
weaponeers ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formedFor conducting atomic bombing missions against Japan ⓘ
garrison Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
historicalImpact introduction of nuclear weapons into warfare ⓘ
mission Operation Centerboard I ⓘ
Operation Centerboard II ⓘ
notableCommander Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
notableFor atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
operatedAircraft B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
operationalStatus inactivated after World War II as originally organized ⓘ
partOf United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
purpose operational deployment of nuclear weapons ⓘ
role delivering atomic bombs in combat ⓘ
securityClassification highly secret ⓘ
service United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
subordinateTo Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
targetCountry Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
timePeriod 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
trainingLocation Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
typeOfOperation strategic bombing ⓘ
usedWeapon Fat Man ⓘ
Little Boy ⓘ

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509th Composite Group → nickname → The Atomic Bomb Group ⓘ