509th Bomb Group

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1944
1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Roswell_Army_Air_Field
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_Paul_Tibbets
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired literature and media
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Pacific_Theater
various films and documentaries
gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse 15 B-29s
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Holloman_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:historicalRecords gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first to use atomic bombs in warfare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 509th Bomb Group
gptkbp:insignia Group emblem
gptkbp:legacy nuclear warfare
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Atom_Bomb_Group
gptkbp:notable_event anniversaries of bombings
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Major_General_Curtis_LeMay
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Frank_J._McCarthy
gptkb:Captain_Robert_A._Lewis
gptkb:Captain_Charles_Sweeney
gptkb:Major_Thomas_Ferebee
Colonel Tibbets' crew
gptkbp:operationalStatus inactive
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:retired 15th Air Force
gptkbp:secondaryMission August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
August 14, 1945
gptkbp:secondaryRole strategic bombing
gptkbp:significantEvent first atomic bomb drop
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:398th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:509th_Composite_Group
gptkb:397th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:393rd_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:396th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkbp:successor gptkb:509th_Operations_Group
gptkbp:training gptkb:Wendover_Army_Air_Field
gptkbp:unitHistory gptkb:World_War_II