January
February
March
28 March - 16th Bombardment Group (VH) constituted.
April
1 April - 16th Bombardment Group (VH) and 15th, 16th and 17th Bomb Sq (VH) activated per General Order # 45, HQ, 2nd AF Colo Springs, Colo., 12 April 1945
4 April - 20th Air Force constituted and activated.
May
25 May - 502nd Bombardment Group (VH) constituted.
29 May - 501st Bombardment Group (VH) constituted.
June
June - 16th Bomb Group personnel begin to arrive at East Field, Dalhart, Texas
1 June - 501st and 502nd Bombardment Groups (VH) activated.
July
6 July - Group divided into three squadrons
7 July - 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) constituted.
10 July - 3 Squadrons of the 16th Bombardment Group (VH) formed; 15th, 16th and 17th Bombardment Squadrons (VH) and 23rd Photo Squadron at Dalhart AAFld, Texas.
11 July - Colonel Samuel C. Gurney, Jr. assumed command of 16th Bomb Group
12 July - 331st Bombardment Group (VH) activated.
17 July - 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) activated with Headquarters at Peterson Field, Colorado.
25 July - 16th Bomb Group, first Bivouac at Raton, N.M.
31 July - 16th Bomb Group Cadre left Dalhart for AAFSAT, Orlando, Florida
August
6 August - 16th Bomb Group, 2nd bivouac at Raton, N.M.
14 August - Ground Echelon of the 16th Bombardment Group departed Dalhart, Texas.
15 August - Ground Echelon of the 16th Bombardment Group (VH) arrived at their operational training base at Fairmont AAFld, Nebraska.
22 August - Ground Echelons of the 501st Bombardment Group (VH) arrived at their operational training bases at Harvard AAFld, Nebraska.
24 August - 16th Bomb Group Cadre returned from AAFSAT to Dalhart, Texas
September
17 September - 16th Bombardment Group Air Echelon arrives Fairmont AAFld, Nebraska. During the month of September the 16th Group continued to assist the 504th BG, 313 Bomb Wing, who was finishing their overseas training at Fairmont. 16th Bomb group assigned 1 B-29 for maintenance.
26 September - Ground Echelons the 502nd Bombardment Group (VH) arrived at their operational training base at Grand Island AAFld, Nebraska.
October
24 October - 16th Group assumed responsibility for maintenance of all B-29s at Fairmont.
November
13 & 18 November - 16th BG Bivouac near Bruning, Nebraska
18 November - Brigadier General Frank Armstrong assigned as Commanding General, 315th Bombardment Wing (VH)
331st Bombardment Group (VH) moves from Dalhart Texas to McCook AAFld.
December
Gypsy Task Force inaugurated for the 315th Bomb Wing during December.
2 December - Arrival of 16th BG combat crews at Fairmont
17 December - TWX from 2nd AF, this date, to have 315th Bomb Wing strip all armament except tail guns. Other items; i.e.; armor plating, some radio equipment, and other items to be removed.
20 December - 315th BW received warning orders for overseas movement to the Pacific Theater of Operation (PTO).
31 December - 502nd Bomb Group, 5 crewmembers lost on training mission crash at Borinquen Fld, Puerto Rico
January
17 January - 502nd Bomb Group, 5 crewmembers lost on training mission crash in Puerto Rico
26 January - 502nd Bomb Group, 6 crewmembers lost on training mission crash in Fort Riley, Kansas
February
March
6 March - 502nd Bomb Group, 6 crewmembers lost on training mission crash in Puerto Rico
7 March - 16th BG Ground echelon left Fairmont for Seattle, Washington
12 March - 501st Bomb Group, Tulla crew lost on training mission crash at Alexandria, Louisana
16 March - 73rd and 76th Air Service Groups depart Seattle on USS Dorthea L. Dix
17 March - Ground Echelons of the 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Headquarters, 16th Bombardment Group (VH) and 501st Bombardment Group (VH) depart Seattle on SS Exchange
25 March - SS Exchange arrives Honolulu
April
6 April - SS Exchange arrives Eniwetok
10 April - 501st Bomb Group, 5 passengers lost on B-17 crash at McCook AAFld, Nebraska
11 April - 73rd and 76th Air Service Groups arrive Guam.
12 April - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies.
14 April - SS Exchange with Ground Echelons of the 315th Bombardment Wing (VH) Headquarters, 16th Bombardment Group (VH) and 501st Bombardment Group (VH) arrive Guam.
14 April - Ground Echelons of the 331st Bombardment Group (VH) and 502nd Bombardment Group (VH) depart Seattle on USAT Cape Newenham.
15 April - 75th Air Service Group departs Seattle on Dutch liner, Kota Baroe.
May
7 May - Germany Surrenders
8 May - V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
8 May - 501st Bomb Group, Titsenor crew shot down over Japan on Radar Mission,
10 May - 75th Air Service Group arrives Guam.
12 May - Ground Echelons of the 331st Bombardment Group (VH) and 502nd Bombardment Group (VH) arrive Guam.
June
26 June - (20th Air Force Mission 232, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 1) During the night of 26-27 June, 33 B-29's from the 16th BG, in their first mission, attack the Utsube Oil refinery at Yokkaichi; one B-29 hits an alternate target.
30 June - 502nd Bomb Group makes it's first combat mission to the bypassed Japanese base at Rota Island.
30 June - (20th Air Force Mission 238, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 2) Thirty-two 315th BW B-29's drop 209 tons of bombs on the Nippon Oil Company refinery at Kudamatsu.
July
2/3 July - (20th Air Force Mission 245, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 3) During the night of 2-3 Jul, 39 315th BW B-29's bomb the Maruzen Oil Refinery at Minoshima; one B-29 bombs an alternate target.
6/7 July - (20th Air Force Mission 255, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 4) Fifty-nine B-29's dispatched from the 315th BW drop 500lb on the Maruzen Oil Refinery at Wakayama; one B-29 hits an alternate target.
9 July - (20th Air Force Mission 261, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 5) Sixty-one B-29's dispatched from the 315th BW attack the Utsube Oil Refinery at Yokkaichi with poor results; one B-29 hits an alternate target.
10 July - 502nd Bomb Group, Wilkes crew lost on mission crash enroute to Truk
12/13 July - (20th Air Force Mission 267, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 6) Fifty-three B-29's dispatched from the 315th BW attack the Kawasaki Petroleum Complex destroying about 25% of the target.
13 July - 16th Bomb Group, Mission # 6 Berry crew crashed enroute to Japan
13 July - 16th Bomb Group, Mission # 6 Crim crew shot down over Japan
15/16 July - (20th Air Force Mission 270, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 7) Fifty-nine B-29's dispatched from the 315th BW bomb the Nippon Oil Company at Kudamatsu and the facility is almost completely destroyed; three B-29's attack alternate targets.
19/20 July - (20th Air Force Mission 281, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 8) Eighty-three B-29's dispatched from the 315th BW bomb the Nippon Oil complex at Amagasaki; one B-29 hits an alternate target.
23/24 July - (20th Air Force Mission 283, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 9) Seventy-two 315th BW B-29's bomb the coal liquefaction plant at the Imperial Fuel Industry Company at Ube.
25/26 July - (20th Air Force Mission 291, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 10) Seventy-five 315th BW B-29's attack the Mitsubishi Oil Company and Hayama Petroleum Company at Kawasaki destroying 33% of the storage tanks and other facilities; one B-29 attacks an alternate target. One B-29 suffers a direct flak hit of the target and goes down.
28 July - 502nd Bomb Group, Dillingham crew shot down over Japan
28/29 July - (20th Air Force Mission 303, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 11) Seventy-six 315th BW B-29's bomb the Shimotsu Oil Refinery; 75% of the tank capacity, 90% of the gasometer capacity and 69% of the roof area are destroyed or damaged; one B-29 hits an alternate target.
August
1/2 August - (20th Air Force Mission 310, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 12) One hundred twenty 315th BW B-29's bomb the Mitsubishi Oil Company at Kawasaki but could only add slightly to the damage previously inflicted; two B-29's hit targets of opportunity.
5/6 August - (20th Air Force Mission 315, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 13) One hundred six 315th BW B-29's bomb the Ube Coal Liquefaction Company facility at Ube destroying 100% of the refining units and destroying or damaging 80% of other structures; 2 B-29's hit alternate target.
6 August - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
9 August - Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
9/10 August - (20th Air Force Mission 322, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 14) 95 315th BW B-29's bomb the Nippon Oil Refinery at Amagasaki; two B-29's bomb alternate targets
13/14 August - (20th Air Force Mission 328, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 15) In the longest nonstop upstaged B-29 mission from the Marianas (3,650 miles), 132 B-29's of the 315th BW, bomb the Nippon Oil Company at Tsuchizaki.
14 August - Japan surrenders.
26 August - 502nd Bomb Group, Lawson crew crash at Saipan, POW supply mission
30 August - 502nd Bomb Group, Pananes crew lost on crash returning from Philippines carrying cargo chutes for POW supply mission
September
2 September - Formal surrender ceremonies held aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Harbor. Show of force fly-by of B-29s.
2 September - 16th Bomb Group, Clark crew crashed shortly after on takeoff from Northwest Field on POW supply mission.
October
November
1 November - Brigadier General Armstrong led a flight of 4 B-29s from Chitose Airfield, Hokkaido Japan nonstop to Washington National Airport, Washington D.C. This was a 27 hours and 30 minutes, by crossing the International Dateline the date the airplanes landed in Washington DC was still 1 November 1945.
December
January
February
March
April
15 April - 16th, 331st and 502nd Bombardment Groups consolidated into 501st Bombardment Group.
May
15 May - General Orders No. 61, 20th AF, relieved the 501st from assignment, reverting to Headquarters 20th AF. A provisional Northwest Field Air Base Command assumed control of Northwest Field.
15 May - Gen. Frank Armstrong's Fluffy Fuzz IV set one more record for the 501st — soaring to an altitude of 45,600 feet with a pay load of 1000 kilograms and Major Ross, Ops. Off. of the 501st, as AC.
June
July
August
September - Typhoon hits Guam.
[1946, Typhoon Querida devastated Guam] -[ http://www.uss-la-ca135.org/1940ferlin.htm - "In either late August, or early September, 1946 we were in Guam when a 150mph typhoon struck"]
October
November
December
