During WWII, the Wendover Air Force Base and surrounds was founded as a bombing and gunnery range and training facility for 21 heavy bombardment crews. These crews included the first to daylight bomb Nazi Germany, the 100th BG (known as the bloody 100th) and the Flying Tigers 308th Bomb Group which were deployed to China, Burma and India. The base also served as the test and training site for the atomic bomb and the 509th Composite Group led by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. Tibbits, flying his B-29, “Enola Gay,” dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945.  The Enola Gay hanger at Wendover Air Base remains functional.

Location: Wendowver, UT