509th Composite Group
US Air Force unit tasked with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II. They tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons. It conducted the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.
| 509th Composite Group | |
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.gif) 1946 emblem of the 509th Composite Group while part of the 58th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy | |
| Active | 17 December 1944 – 10 July 1946 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch |  United States Army ( Army Air Forces |
| Type | Bombardment and air transport composite |
| Role | Atomic warfare |
| Size | 1767 personnel, 15 B-29 and 5 C-54 aircraft |
| Part of | 313th Bombardment Wing Twentieth Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | North Field (Tinian), Mariana Islands |
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| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Paul Tibbets |
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- Bowers, Peter M. (1999). Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. ISBN 0-933424-79-5.
- Dvorak, Darrell F. (2012). "The Other Atomic Bomb Commander: Colonel Cliff Heflin and his "Special" 216th AAF Base Unit" (PDF). Airpower Historian. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- Mann, Robert A. (2004). The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry of the Planes and Their Missions. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1787-0. OCLC 55962447.
- Marx, Joseph L. (1967). Seven Hours to Zero. New York: G.P. Putnam Sons. OCLC 913500.
- Ossip, Jerome J., ed. (1946). 509th Composite Group History – 509th Pictorial Album. Chicago, Illinois: Rogers Printing Company. OCLC 10065336.
- Rowe, James L. (1978). Project W-47. Livermore, California: JA A RO Publishing. ISBN 0-9605562-0-6.
- Thomas, Gordon; Morgan-Witts, Max (1977). Enola Gay. New York: Stein & Day Publishing. ISBN 0-8128-2150-5.
- Wheeler, Keith (1982). Bombers over Japan. Virginia Beach, Virginia: Time-Life Books. ISBN 0-8094-3429-6.
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- Atomic Heritage Foundation
- 509th Composite Group Page, Atomic Heritage Foundation
- National Museum of the USAF B-29 Superfortress fact sheet
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