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1945 Missions
An overview of the 39th Bomb Group's missions chronologically from 8 January to 3 September 1945.
12 April
1st Mission
22 B-29s airborne; 20 bombed chemical plant at Koriyama.
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14 April
2nd Mission
Fertilizer Plant-Tokyo (Day).
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16 April
3rd Mission
South Tokyo urban area (Night).
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17 April
4th Mission
Kanoya Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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18 April
5th Mission
Kanoya Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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21 April
6th Mission
Kanoya Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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22 April
7th Mission
Kushira Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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24 April
8th Mission
Hitachi A/C Plant - Tokyo (Day).
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26 April
9th Mission
Kokubu Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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27 April
10th Mission
Kushira Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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28 April
11th Mission
Kushira Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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29 April
12th Mission
Kushira Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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30 April
13th Mission
Kushira Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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4 May
14th Mission
Oita Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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5 May
15th Mission
Saeki Airfield - Kyushu (Day).
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10 May
16th Mission
Otake Oil Refinery - Honshu (Day).
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11 May
17th Mission
Kawanishi A/C Plant - Kobe (Day).
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14 May
18th Mission
North Nagoya Urban Area (Day).
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16 May
19th Mission
South Nagoya Urban Area (Night).
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19 May
20th Mission
Tachikawa Arsenal - Hamamatsu (Day).
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25 May
22nd Mission
Tokyo South Central Area (Night).
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29 May
23rd Mission
Yokohama Urban Industrial Area (Day).
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1 June
24th Mission
Osaka Urban Area (Day).
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5 June
25th Mission
Kobe Urban Area (Day).
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7 June
26th Mission
Osaka Urban Area (Day).
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9 June
27th Mission
Hitachi A/C Plant - Chiba (Day).
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14 June
28th Mission
Osaka Urban Area (Day).
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17 June
29th Mission
Kagoshima Urban Area (Night).
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19 June
30th Mission
Shizuoka Urban Area (Night).
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21 June
31st Mission
Mitsubishi A/C Plant - Tamashima (Day).
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26 June
32nd Mission
Nagoya Arsenal (Day).
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28 June
33rd Mission
Nobeoka Urban Area (Night).
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1 July
34th Mission
Shimonoseki Urban Area (Night).
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3 July
35th Mission
Tokoushima Urban Area (Night).
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6 July
36th Mission
Kofu Urban Area (Night).
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9 July
37th Mission
Gifu Urban Area (Night).
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12 July
38th Mission
Uwajima Urban Area (Night).
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16 July
39th Mission
Hiratsuka Urban Area (Night).
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19 July
40th Mission
Okazaki Urban Area (Night).
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24 July
41st Mission
Nakajima Aircraft Plant - Handa (Day).
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26 July
42nd Mission
Omuta Urban Area (Night).
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28 July
43rd Mission
Ogaki Urban Area (Night).
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1 August
44th Mission
Mito Urban Area (Night).
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5 August
45th Mission
Kobe-Osaka Area (Night).
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7 August
46th Mission
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal - Nagoya (Day).
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10 August
47th Mission
Tokyo Arsenal Complex (Day).
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14 August
47th Mission
lsesaki Urban Area (Night).
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16 August
Col. James E. Roberts becomes Group Commander.
30 August
Prisoner of War Mission.
31 August
Prisoner of War Mission.
2 September
Display of Force Tokyo.
