509th Bombardment Group

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/509th_Bombardment_Group
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1944–1946
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Wendover_Army_Air_Field
gptkb:North_Field,_Tinian
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Paul_W._Tibbets
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 10 July 1946
gptkbp:emblem gptkb:509th_Bombardment_Group_emblem
gptkbp:formed 17 December 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 509th Bombardment Group
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Defensor_Vindex
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Atomic_Bomb_Group
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Bockscar
gptkb:Enola_Gay
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force
gptkbp:role bomber
gptkbp:successor gptkb:509th_Operations_Group
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blythe_Army_Air_Base
gptkb:Dyersburg_Army_Air_Base
gptkb:Roswell_Army_Air_Field
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5