1st Ordnance Squadron (Special)

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The 1st Ordnance Squadron (Special) was a U.S. Army Air Forces unit in World War II responsible for handling and preparing the atomic bombs used by the 509th Composite Group.

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Label Occurrences
1st Ordnance Squadron (Special) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces unit ⓘ
military ordnance unit ⓘ
allegiance United States ⓘ
associatedWith Manhattan Project ⓘ
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
branch Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
classification special unit ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
equipmentHandled Fat Man atomic bomb components ⓘ
Little Boy atomic bomb components ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
garrison Tinian ⓘ
mission provide ordnance support for 509th Composite Group ⓘ
notableFor preparing the first nuclear weapons used in combat ⓘ
notableOperation support of atomic bomb missions against Japan ⓘ
partOf 509th Composite Group ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
responsibility assembly of atomic bomb components ⓘ
maintenance of atomic bomb components ⓘ
storage of atomic bomb components ⓘ
role handling atomic bombs ⓘ
preparing atomic bombs ⓘ
securityLevel highly classified ⓘ
specialization nuclear weapons ordnance ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
timePeriod World War II era ⓘ
type ordnance squadron ⓘ

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

509th Composite Group → component → 1st Ordnance Squadron (Special) ⓘ
Triangle N (509th Composite Group marking) → associatedWithUnit → 1st Ordnance Squadron (Special) ⓘ