Wendover Army Air Field

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United States Army Air Forces base military airfield

Wendover Army Air Field was a remote World War II United States Army Air Forces base in Utah that served as the primary training site for the 509th Composite Group, which carried out the atomic bomb missions against Japan.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Wendover Army Air Field canonical 8
Wendover Airport 2
Wendover Air Force Base 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces base ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
associatedWith Manhattan Project ⓘ
atomic bomb development ⓘ
climate arid desert ⓘ
constructionStart 1940 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentNameOfCivilPortion Wendover Airfield ⓘ
surface form: Wendover Airport
distanceFrom approximately 120 miles west of Salt Lake City ⓘ
elevation about 4,200 feet above sea level ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
garrison 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit ⓘ
509th Composite Group ⓘ
hasFeature extensive bombing and gunnery ranges ⓘ
long runways suitable for heavy bombers ⓘ
hasHistoricDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasOrganization Wendover Airfield ⓘ
surface form: Wendover Airfield Museum
heritageTourism World War II historic site tours ⓘ
laterControlledBy United States Air Force ⓘ
laterPartiallyConvertedTo civil airport ⓘ
locatedIn Tooele County, Utah ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
locatedNear Wendover, Utah ⓘ
notableAircraftType B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
notableFor training crews for atomic bomb missions against Japan ⓘ
notableMissionAssociation atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
surface form: Hiroshima atomic bombing

atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
surface form: Nagasaki atomic bombing
notableUnit 509th Composite Group ⓘ
opened 1942 ⓘ
operatedBy United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
partOf Second Air Force ⓘ
peakPersonnel over 17,000 ⓘ
postwarUse Air Force auxiliary field ⓘ
weapons testing site ⓘ
preservedStructuresInclude Enola Gay hangar ⓘ
bomb assembly buildings ⓘ
control tower ⓘ
primaryTrainingSiteFor 509th Composite Group ⓘ
reasonForLocation remote desert setting for secrecy and safety ⓘ
runwaySurface concrete ⓘ
significance key training base for first operational use of nuclear weapons ⓘ
status former military airfield ⓘ
trainingIncluded bombing practice ⓘ
gunnery training ⓘ
navigation training ⓘ
special weapons handling ⓘ
usedFor World War II bomber crew training ⓘ
atomic bomb mission training ⓘ

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509th Composite Group → garrison → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
Wendover, Utah → hasNearbyFacility → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover Airport
Wendover, Utah → originallyServedBy → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field training facilities → partOf → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
West Wendover → hasAirport → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover Airport
393d Bombardment Squadron → garrison → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
393d Bombardment Squadron → basedAt → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover Army Air Field, Utah
The Atomic Bomb Group → garrison → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
The Atomic Bomb Group → trainingLocation → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
Operation Silverplate → location → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
Operation Silverplate → testLocation → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover bombing range
Wendover Airfield → hasAlternateName → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
Wendover Airfield → hasAlternateName → Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover Air Force Base