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216th Army Air Forces Base Unit and Fat Man

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Difference between 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit and Fat Man

216th Army Air Forces Base Unit vs. Fat Man

The 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit (AAF BU) (Special) provided base services at Wendover Army Airfield, where the 509th Composite Group was stationed during World War II. "Fat Man" was the codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945.

Similarities between 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit and Fat Man

216th Army Air Forces Base Unit and Fat Man have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Little Boy, Manhattan Project, Paul Tibbets, Sandia Base, Silverplate, Tinian, 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing, which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Little Boy

"Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces.

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Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.

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Paul Tibbets

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.

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Sandia Base

Sandia Base was, from 1946 to 1971, the principal nuclear weapons installation of the United States Department of Defense.

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Silverplate

Silverplate was the code reference for the United States Army Air Forces' participation in the Manhattan Project during World War II.

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Tinian

Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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393d Bomb Squadron

The 393d Bomb Squadron (393 BS) is part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

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509th Composite Group

The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons.

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216th Army Air Forces Base Unit and Fat Man Comparison

216th Army Air Forces Base Unit has 31 relations, while Fat Man has 170. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 4.48% = 9 / (31 + 170).

References

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