![]() When Japan refused to accept the terms outlined at Potsdam, it was time for the 509th Composite Group to step into action. Additionally, the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron was charged with rapidly transporting men and supplies to and from various locations, including the group’s move from Utah to Tinian. The 390th Air Service Group, “a group within a group,” with its 603rd Air Engineering and 1027th Air Materiel Squadrons covered housing and other logistical matters while overseas and the 1395th Military Police Company provided security for the project. Organized to be self-sufficient, the group was composed of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron, with the tactical role of flying the unit’s B-29 Superfortresses, and the 1st Ordnance Squadron, which held the key to operations as the unit overseeing the special weapons. Meanwhile, on the remote Pacific island of Tinian members of the 509th Composite Group, the precursor to today’s 509th Bomb Wing, continued preparing for the mission they had been training for since the group’s activation at Wendover Field, Utah, in December of the previous year. “The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction.”
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