One of 15 Silverplate B-29's used by the 509th CG, "Jabit III" was manufactured at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Plant at Omaha, Nebraska, as a block 35 Superfortress, one of 10 redesignated block 36 in recognition of its Silverplate status. It was delivered to the USAAF on April 3, 1945. Assigned to Crew B-6 (Captain John A. Wilson, Aircraft Commander), "Jabit III" was flown to its home base at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah, in April 1945, departing Wendover for North Field, Tinian on June 5, 1945, arriving on June 11.