The Atomic Bomb Group

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The Atomic Bomb Group was the informal name for the U.S. Army Air Forces unit that carried out the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces unit ⓘ
military aviation unit ⓘ
aircraftInvolved Bockscar ⓘ
Enola Gay ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 509th Composite Group ⓘ
associatedProgram Manhattan Project ⓘ
baseOfOperations North Field, Tinian ⓘ
branch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commandedBy Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
commandStructure 509th Composite Group command ⓘ
component flight crews ⓘ
ground support personnel ⓘ
maintenance personnel ⓘ
weaponeers ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formedFor conducting atomic bombing missions against Japan ⓘ
garrison Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
historicalImpact introduction of nuclear weapons into warfare ⓘ
mission Operation Centerboard I ⓘ
Operation Centerboard II ⓘ
notableCommander Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
notableFor atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
operatedAircraft B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
operationalStatus inactivated after World War II as originally organized ⓘ
partOf United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
purpose operational deployment of nuclear weapons ⓘ
role delivering atomic bombs in combat ⓘ
securityClassification highly secret ⓘ
service United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
subordinateTo Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
targetCountry Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
timePeriod 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
trainingLocation Wendover Army Air Field ⓘ
typeOfOperation strategic bombing ⓘ
usedWeapon Fat Man ⓘ
Little Boy ⓘ

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509th Composite Group → nickname → The Atomic Bomb Group ⓘ