509th Composite Group

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/509th_Composite_Group
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
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:disbanded 1946
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 509th Composite Group
gptkbp:mission Deliver atomic bombs
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Atomic_Bomb_Group
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Bockscar
gptkb:Enola_Gay
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force
gptkbp:role Strategic bombing
gptkbp:size about 1,800 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:509th_Bomb_Wing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bockscar
gptkb:Enola_Gay
gptkb:Paul_W._Tibbets_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4