The 509th Composite Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1944-1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Bockscar
gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
Enola Gay
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Tinian
gptkb:Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Hiroshima
gptkb:Los_Alamos_Laboratory
gptkb:Manhattan_Project
military strategy
Nagasaki
nuclear strategy
nuclear policy
Trinity Test
military ethics
strategic air command
military aviation history
air power doctrine
atomic bomb development
World_War_II_history
Manhattan_Project_scientists
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
Presidential Unit Citation
gptkbp:baseLocation gptkb:Tinian_Island
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Colonel_Paul_Tibbets
gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse 15
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Hickam_Field
gptkbp:historicalImpact changed nature of warfare
gptkbp:historicalSignificance pioneered nuclear warfare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The 509th Composite Group
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:509th_Composite_Group_emblem
gptkbp:legacy nuclear deterrence
gptkbp:mission strategic bombing
gptkbp:motto nan
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Captain_Robert_A._Lewis
gptkb:Major_Charles_Sweeney
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Frank_P._McCarthy
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:dropping_atomic_bombs_on_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Crossroads
Operation Downfall
Operation Centerboard
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:operationalStatus deactivated
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:secondaryRole bombing
gptkbp:significantEvent first use of nuclear weapons in warfare
gptkbp:subordinateUnits Twentieth Air Force
gptkbp:successor gptkb:509th_Bomb_Wing
gptkbp:training gptkb:Wendover_Army_Airfield
gptkbp:yearEstablished December 31, 1945
December 17, 1944