509th Composite Group

509th Composite Group
509th Composite Group
	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
Engagements	World War II; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1945)
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Paul Tibbets

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.

References

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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