On 15 Jun 1944 took part in the first AAF strike on the Japanese home islands since the Doolittle raid in 1942. Operating from India and China, bombed transportation centers, naval installations, iron works, aircraft plants, and other targets in Japan, Thailand, Burma, China, Formosa, and …

Listing of B-29 Superfortresses assigned to the 462nd Bombardment Group (462nd BG).

It was last assigned to the 462d Bombardment Group at MacDill Field, Florida, where it was inactivated on 31 March 1946. The squadron was first activated in 1943, and became one of the earliest Boeing B-29 Superfortress units.

2015年7月18日 · Post war letter informing former Hellbirds interested in staying in the Army that the 462nd would be part of the Atomic Bomb project and would be flying new B-50s.

There are (75) servicemen of the 462nd BG in this archive. 462nd Bombardment Group in World War II. Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

The 462nd Bombardment Group was a very heavy bombardment group group that took part in the early B-29 campaign operating from bases in India and China before moving to Tinian to join the direct assault on Japan. The group was activated on 1 July 1943 and joined the 58th Bombardment Wing as it developed in its bases in Kansas.

The north facing aerial picture above of Tinian’s west coast shows four camps. The two nearest are the 462nd and 444th Bomb Group Camps, respectively, both 58th Wing groups assigned to West Field. In the distance are the 6th and 9th Bomb …

Assigned to the 20th Air Force (20th AF), 462nd Bombardment Group (462nd BG), 771st Bombardment Squadron (771st BS). Nicknamed "Ramp Tramp". When lost, engines R-3350-23A serial numbers 42-84650, 42-84554, 42-121242 and 42-120792.

On June 5-6, 1944 462nd BG flew its first combat mission from Piardoba against the railroad yards at Makasan in Bangkok a 2,261 mile round trip, the longest bombing mission to date in World War II.

Assigned to the 462nd BG, 769th BS, USAAF. During the night of 7-8 July, fourteen B-29's dispatched from the 58th BW, operating out of Chengtu, China bomb Omura, Sasebo, and Tobata (most of the planes hit Sasebo); 3 others attack secondary and last resort targets at Laoyao and in the Hankow area of China