509th Composite Group Organisation
Tibbets begins organising the 509th Composite Group at Wendover Field for the eventual combat delivery of atomic bombs.
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Paul Warfield Tibbets Biography and Timeline
Follow Paul Warfield Tibbets through 4 dated historical records for United States of America.
Paul Warfield Tibbets, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1944
Combat B-29 Modification Programme
The Army Air Forces begins modifying seventeen B-29 aircraft at Omaha for combat delivery of atomic weapons.
1945
509th Arrives on Tinian
Aircrews of the 509th Composite Group begin arriving on Tinian with specially modified B-29 aircraft.
Enola Gay Named
Tibbets names B-29 number 82 Enola Gay and receives final confirmation for the Hiroshima mission scheduled for the next day.
Records, sources and methodology
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