Wendover Airfield

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World War II airfield historic site military airfield

Wendover Airfield is a historic World War II-era military airfield in western Utah that served as a major training base for bomber crews, including those involved in the atomic bomb missions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wendover Airport 3
Wendover Airfield Museum 2
Historic Wendover Airfield Foundation 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II airfield ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Hiroshima atomic bombing preparation ⓘ
Nagasaki atomic bombing preparation ⓘ
associatedWithUnit 509th Composite Group ⓘ
constructionStart 1940 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse general aviation airport ⓘ
historic airfield museum site ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 4237 feet ⓘ
hasAlternateName Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
surface form: Wendover Air Force Base

Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
hasFaaCode ENV ⓘ
hasFunction bombing range support ⓘ
training ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasIcaoCode KENV ⓘ
hasPart barracks area ⓘ
bomb loading pits ⓘ
control tower ⓘ
long concrete runways ⓘ
maintenance shops ⓘ
ordnance storage areas ⓘ
original World War II-era hangars ⓘ
hasPreservationOrganization Wendover Airfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Historic Wendover Airfield Foundation
hasRole atomic bomb mission training base ⓘ
bomber crew training base ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
locatedIn Tooele County, Utah ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Utah ⓘ
locatedNear Wendover, Utah ⓘ
nearbyFeature Bonneville Salt Flats ⓘ
notableFor association with the Manhattan Project ⓘ
training B-29 Superfortress bomber crews ⓘ
training crews for the atomic bomb missions against Japan ⓘ
opened 1942 ⓘ
operatedBy Second Air Force ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force
ownedBy Tooele County, Utah ⓘ
surface form: Tooele County
partOf United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
postWarUse Air Force auxiliary field ⓘ
civil aviation airfield ⓘ
usedAs Army Air Forces training base ⓘ
usedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
usedDuringConflict World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wendover, Utah → near → Wendover Airfield ⓘ
Wendover, Utah → hasNearbyMilitaryHeritageSite → Wendover Airfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover Airfield Museum
Wendover Army Air Field, Utah → currentUse → Wendover Airfield ⓘ
subject surface form: Wendover Army Air Field
this entity surface form: Wendover Airport
Wendover Army Air Field, Utah → hasPart → Wendover Airfield ⓘ
subject surface form: Wendover Army Air Field
this entity surface form: Wendover Airport
Wendover Army Air Field → currentNameOfCivilPortion → Wendover Airfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover Airport
Wendover Army Air Field → hasOrganization → Wendover Airfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wendover Airfield Museum
Wendover Airfield → hasPreservationOrganization → Wendover Airfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Wendover Airfield Foundation