509th Composite Group

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United States Army Air Forces unit World War II military unit bomber group

The 509th Composite Group was the U.S. Army Air Forces unit specially formed during World War II to conduct atomic bomb missions, including the deployment of the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
509th Composite Group canonical 39
393d Bombardment Squadron 2
509th Bombardment Group 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces unit ⓘ
World War II military unit ⓘ
bomber group ⓘ
activePeriod 1944–1946 ⓘ
aircraft Bockscar ⓘ
Enola Gay ⓘ
aircraftUsed B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
aircraftVariant B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
surface form: Silverplate B-29
bombTypeUsed Fat Man ⓘ
Little Boy ⓘ
branch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commander Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
component 1027th Materiel Squadron ⓘ
1st Ordnance Squadron (Special) ⓘ
320th Troop Carrier Squadron ⓘ
390th Air Service Group ⓘ
393d Bombardment Squadron ⓘ
603d Air Engineering Squadron ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed 1944-12-17 ⓘ
formedFor conducting atomic bomb missions ⓘ
operational deployment of nuclear weapons ⓘ
garrison Tinian ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
historicalSignificance conducted first nuclear attacks in history ⓘ
mission Operation Centerboard I ⓘ
Operation Centerboard II ⓘ
nickname The Atomic Bomb Group ⓘ
notableCommander Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
notableFor atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
operationalBase Tinian International Airport ⓘ
surface form: North Field, Tinian
oversight Manhattan Project ⓘ
partOf Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
planningAuthority Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Strategic Air Forces
role atomic bombing operations ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
securityLevel highly classified ⓘ
subsequentDesignation 509th Composite Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 509th Bombardment Group
successorUnit 509th Bomb Wing ⓘ
targetCity Hiroshima ⓘ
Nagasaki ⓘ
theater Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations
trainingLocation Wendover Army Air Field, Utah ⓘ
unitSize approximately 1,800 personnel ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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

Fat Man → operator → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Enola Gay → operatedByUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Enola Gay → operatedBySquadron → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: 393d Bombardment Squadron
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → unit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Bockscar → operatedByUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Bockscar → operatedByUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: 393d Bombardment Squadron
Tinian → usedBy → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Little Boy → deliveredBy → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Project Alberta → associatedWithUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
509th Composite Group → subsequentDesignation → 509th Composite Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 509th Bombardment Group
44-86292 → unitAssignment → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Circle R → usedBy → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Circle R → relatedTo → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Victor 82 → usedByUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
navigator: Theodore Van Kirk → partOf → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodore Van Kirk
navigator: Theodore Van Kirk → militaryUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodore Van Kirk
bombardier: Thomas Ferebee → memberOf → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Ferebee
Wendover Army Air Field training facilities → usedBy → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Captain Frederick C. Bock → unit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick C. Bock
North Field → operatedBy → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
North Field → basedUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Operation Centerboard II → conductedBy → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
393d Bombardment Squadron → partOf → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
393d Bombardment Squadron → commandStructure → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
320th Troop Carrier Squadron → supportedUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
1st Ordnance Squadron (Special) → partOf → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
603d Air Engineering Squadron → partOf → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
603d Air Engineering Squadron → supportedUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
603d Air Engineering Squadron → associatedWith → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
1027th Materiel Squadron → supportedUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
1027th Materiel Squadron → partOf → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field, Utah → associatedWith → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
subject surface form: Wendover Army Air Field
The Atomic Bomb Group → alsoKnownAs → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
The Atomic Bomb Group → commandStructure → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: 509th Composite Group command
509th Bomb Wing → historicalPredecessor → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
509th Bomb Wing → heritage → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army Air Forces 509th Composite Group
390th Air Service Group → supportedUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field → primaryTrainingSiteFor → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field → notableUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field → garrison → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Triangle N (509th Composite Group marking) → usedBy → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
copilot Robert A. Lewis → memberOf → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert A. Lewis
Operation Silverplate → responsibleUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
Operation Silverplate → usedByUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: 509th Composite Group ground echelons
Wendover Airfield → associatedWithUnit → 509th Composite Group ⓘ