Related Historical Markers

By William Fischer, Jr.

Memorial Wall #1 Detail

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Ohio, Montgomery County, Riverside — 509th Composite Group — First Atomic Bombardment — Silverplate B-29 • 20th Air Force —

The 509th Composite Group operated from the island of Tinian in the western Pacific from June to November, 1945. On 6 August 1945, a B-29 of the 393rd Bomb Squadron dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days . . . — — Map (db m95151) HM

2 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — Enola Gay — 509th Composite Group —

. . . — — Map (db m66263) WM

3 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — The B-29 Memorial —

[Panel] 1 The B-29 Memorial Honoring the Past... Educating the Future The B-29 Memorial was built to honor the sacrifices made by people in the past to ensure freedom for future generations. Until the 1990s, the Great Bend Army Air . . . — — Map (db m69240) HM WM

4 ► Utah, Tooele County, Wendover — Atomic Mission Hangar 1831 —

This hangar is the only steel vaulted-roof hangar at the base. Built specifically to house the new B-29 aircraft, it is 200 feet by 228 feet. With offices in the side wooden ‘lean–to’ buildings, there are 53,400 square feet total in the hangar. The . . . — — Map (db m226384) HM