39TH
BOMB GROUP CHRONOLOGY
08 January - 03 September 1945 |
| 08
January |
Departure
of 39th Ground Echelon from SHAAF for Port Lawton, Washington. |
| 11-15
January |
Arrival
of 39th Ground Echelon at Ft. Lawton |
| 17
January |
Embarkation
of 39th Ground Echelon on USAT Howell Lykes at Seattle Port of
Embarkation. |
| 18
January |
Departure
of USAT Howell Lykes from POE. |
| 25
January |
Arrival
of USAT Howell Lykes at Pearl Harbor |
| 29
January |
Departure
from Pearl Harbor |
| 6
February |
Arrival
at Enniwetok |
| 15
February |
Departure
from Enniwetok |
| 18
February |
Arrival
at North Field, Guam, Ground Echelon goes into bivouac. |
| 22
February |
Assumption
of Command of 39th Group by Colonel John G. Fowler |
| 11
March |
Departure
first unit Air & Flight Echelon from SHAAF for overseas destination |
| 17
March |
Assumption
of command by Colonel George W. Mundy |
| 20
March |
Assignment
of 15 additional B-29s to Group |
| 24
March |
Arrival
first unit Air & Flight Echelon at North Field, Guam |
| 28
March |
Departure
last unit Air & Flight Echelon from SHAAF |
| *By
the end of March, 15 of the Group's aircraft had arrived at Guam |
| 01
April |
Group
reorganized per General Order 42, XXI B.C. |
| 08
April |
First
training mission flown |
| 12
April |
1st
Mission |
22
B-29s airborne; 20 bombed chemical plant at Koriyama.
All aircraft returned o.k. (Day) |
| 14
April |
2nd
Mission |
Fertilizer
Plant-Tokyo (Day) |
| 16
April |
3rd
Mission |
South
Tokyo urban area (Night)
* 1st crew missing in action. |
| 17
April |
4th
Mission |
Kanoya
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 18
April |
5th
Mission |
Kanoya
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 21
April |
6th
Mission |
|
Kanoya
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 22
April |
7th
Mission |
Kushira
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 24
April |
8th
Mission |
Hitachi
A/C Plant - Tokyo (Day) |
| 26
April |
9th
Mission |
Kokubu
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 27
April |
10th
Mission |
Kushira
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| *Last
crew of original Group arrives at North Field |
| 28
April |
11th
Mission |
|
Kushira
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 29
April |
12th
Mission |
Kushira
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 30
April |
13th
Mission |
Kushira
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 04
May |
14th
Mission |
|
Oita
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 05
May |
15th
Mission |
Saeki
Airfield - Kyushu (Day) |
| 10
May |
16th
Mission |
Otake
Oil Refinery - Honshu (Day)
(Distinguished Unit Citation) |
| 11
May |
17th
Mission |
Kawanishi
A/C Plant - Kobe (Day) |
| 14
May |
18th
Mission |
North
Nagoya Urban Area (Day) |
| 16
May |
19th
Mission |
South
Nagoya Urban Area (Night) |
| 19
May |
20th
Mission |
Tachikawa
Arsenal - Hamamatsu (Day) |
| 23
May |
21st
Mission |
Tokyo
South Urban Area (Night)
(Distinguished Unit Citation #2) |
| 25
May |
22nd
Mission |
Tokyo
South Central Area (Night)
(part of DUC #2 Award) |
| 29
May |
23rd
Mission |
Yokohama
Urban Industrial Area (Day)
(part of DUC #2 Award) |
| 01
June |
24th
Mission |
Osaka
Urban Area. (Day) |
| 05
June |
25th
Mission |
Kobe
Urban Area (Day) |
| 07
June |
26th
Mission |
Osaka
Urban Area (Day) |
| 09
June |
27th
Mission |
Hitachi
A/C Plant - Chiba (Day) |
| 14
June |
28th
Mission |
Osaka
Urban Area (Day) |
| 17
June |
29th
mission |
Kagoshima
Urban Area (Night) |
| 19
June |
30th
Mission |
Shizuoka
Urban Area (Night) |
| 21
June |
31st
Mission |
Mitsubishi
A/C Plant -Tamashima (Day) |
| 26
June |
32nd
Mission |
|
Nagoya
Arsenal (Day) |
| 28
June |
33rd
Mission |
Nobeoka
Urban Area (Night) |
| 01
July |
34th
Mission |
Shimonoseki
Urban Area (Night) |
| 03
July |
35th
Mission |
Tokoushima
Urban Area (Night) |
| *Col.
Mundy returns to Group and assumes command |
| 06
July |
36th
Mission |
Kofu
Urban Area (Night) |
| 09
July |
37th
Mission |
Gifu
Urban Area (Night) |
| 12
July |
38th
Mission |
Uwajima
Urban Area (Night) |
| 16
July |
39th
Mission |
Hiratsuka
Urban Area (Night) |
| 19
July |
40th
mission |
Okazaki
Urban Area (Night) |
| 24
July |
41st
Mission |
|
Nakajima
Aircraft Plant - Handa (Day) |
| 26
July |
42nd
Mission |
Omuta
Urban Area (Night) |
| 28
July |
43rd
Mission |
Ogaki
Urban Area (Night) |
| 01
August |
44th
Mission |
Mito
Urban Area (Night) |
| 05
August |
45th
Mission |
Kobe-Osaka
Area (Night) |
| 07
August |
46th
Mission |
Toyokawa
Naval Arsenal - Nagoya (Day) |
| 10
August |
47th
Mission |
Tokyo
Arsenal Complex (Day)
Kawaguchi Urban Area |
| 14
August |
48th
Mission |
lsesaki Urban Area (Night) |
|
*JAPAN SURRENDERS |
| 16
August |
Col.
James E. Roberts becomes Group Commander |
| 30
August |
Prisoner
of War Mission |
| 31
August |
Prisoner
of War Mission |
| 02
September |
Display
of Force Tokyo - VJ DAY |
