509th Bombardment Squadron

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/509th_Bombardment_Squadron
GPTKB entity
Properties (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1944-present
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:base gptkb:Whiteman_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Colonel_Paul_Tibbets
gptkbp:currentCommander gptkb:Colonel_Matthew_H._Heller
gptkbp:decoratedWith gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Hiroshima,_Japan
gptkb:Nagasaki,_Japan
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Tinian_Island
gptkb:Roswell_Army_Air_Field
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 509th Bombardment Squadron
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname The Mighty 509th
gptkbp:notableFor first atomic bombing missions
gptkbp:operationalStatus active
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:role strategic bombing
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:509th_Medical_Group
gptkb:509th_Mission_Support_Group
gptkb:8th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:509th_Bomb_Wing
gptkb:509th_Operations_Group
gptkb:509th_Maintenance_Group
gptkb:393rd_Bombardment_Squadron