393d Bombardment Squadron

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The 393d Bombardment Squadron was a U.S. Army Air Forces unit best known for flying the B-29 bombers that carried out the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
393d Bombardment Squadron canonical 7
393d Bomb Squadron 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces unit ⓘ
bombardment squadron ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
aircraftRole heavy bomber ⓘ
aircraftUsed Boeing B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
linked to: B-29 Superfortress
airForce United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
associatedBase North Field, Tinian ⓘ
associatedProgram Manhattan Project ⓘ
associatedWith Strategic Air Warfare ⓘ
basedAt North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands ⓘ
linked to: North Field, Tinian

Wendover Army Air Field, Utah ⓘ
branch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
category United States Army Air Forces bombardment squadrons ⓘ
commandStructure 509th Composite Group ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
equipment Silverplate B-29 ⓘ
linked to: B-29 Superfortress
formedAs heavy bombardment squadron ⓘ
garrison Tinian ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance first combat use of atomic weapons ⓘ
mission delivery of first nuclear weapons in combat ⓘ
missionType atomic bombing missions ⓘ
notableAircraft Bockscar ⓘ
Enola Gay ⓘ
notableCommander Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
notableCrewMember Charles W. Sweeney ⓘ
Theodore Van Kirk ⓘ
Thomas Ferebee ⓘ
notableEvent Hiroshima mission on 6 August 1945 ⓘ
Nagasaki mission on 9 August 1945 ⓘ
notableFor atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
operatedBy Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
operationalRole nuclear strike ⓘ
partOf 509th Composite Group ⓘ
role strategic bombardment ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater ⓘ
type flying unit ⓘ
weaponDelivered Fat Man ⓘ
Little Boy ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

509th Composite Group → component → 393d Bombardment Squadron ⓘ
44-86292 → squadronAssignment → 393d Bombardment Squadron ⓘ
Victor 82 → usedByUnit → 393d Bombardment Squadron ⓘ
Frederick C. Bock → unit → 393d Bombardment Squadron ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Frederick C. Bock
509th Bomb Wing → hasComponentUnit → 393d Bomb Squadron ⓘ
linked to: 393d Bombardment Squadron
390th Air Service Group → supportedUnit → 393d Bombardment Squadron ⓘ
Operation Silverplate → usedByUnit → 393d Bombardment Squadron ⓘ