Project Alberta

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Manhattan Project subproject military project

Project Alberta was the World War II effort responsible for the final assembly, testing, and delivery of the atomic bombs used in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Project Alberta canonical	3
Project A	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project subproject ⓘ military project ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Project Alberta ⓘ surface form: Project A
associatedWithMission	Bockscar Nagasaki mission ⓘ Enola Gay Hiroshima mission ⓘ
associatedWithUnit	509th Composite Group ⓘ
chiefOfStaff	Norman Ramsey ⓘ surface form: Norman F. Ramsey Jr.
codeName	Project Alberta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Project A
commandedBy	William S. Parsons ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolvedAfterEvent	end of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
fieldTestLocation	Tinian bomb assembly facilities ⓘ
formedFrom	Los Alamos Laboratory Ordnance Division personnel ⓘ United States Army Air Forces personnel ⓘ U.S. Navy commanders ⓘ surface form: United States Navy officers
hadMember	Bernard Waldman ⓘ Deak Parsons ⓘ Frederick L. Ashworth ⓘ Harold Agnew ⓘ Luis Alvarez ⓘ surface form: Luis W. Alvarez
historicalSignificance	enabled first combat use of nuclear weapons ⓘ
location	Tinian ⓘ
mainPurpose	delivery of atomic bombs for combat missions ⓘ final assembly of atomic bombs for combat use ⓘ testing of atomic bombs for combat use ⓘ
notableWork	Fat Man ⓘ surface form: Fat Man atomic bomb Little Boy ⓘ surface form: Little Boy atomic bomb
operatedAt	Tinian ⓘ surface form: North Field, Tinian
parentOrganization	Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ
responsibleFor	bomb loading operations on B-29 aircraft ⓘ development of bomb delivery procedures ⓘ in-flight monitoring of bomb performance ⓘ preparing Fat Man for the Nagasaki mission ⓘ preparing Little Boy for the Hiroshima mission ⓘ training of aircrews in bomb arming procedures ⓘ
startTime	1945 ⓘ
testedDevice	Fat Man ⓘ surface form: Fat Man–type implosion device Little Boy–type gun-assembly device ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ
usedAircraft	B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
usedInConflict	atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Project Y → relatedProgram → Project Alberta ⓘ

Project Alberta → codeName → Project Alberta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Project A

Project Alberta → alsoKnownAs → Project Alberta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Project A

Wendover Army Air Field, Utah → associatedWith → Project Alberta ⓘ

subject surface form: Wendover Army Air Field

Operation Silverplate → coordinatedWith → Project Alberta ⓘ