August 12, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit
shipping, seaplane base, and airfield at Chichi Jima.
August 16, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s from Saipan hit Chichi
Jima.
September 8, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb shipping at Chichi Jima.
September 19, 1944
(7th AF) 29 Saipan based B-24s blast shipping at Chichi
Jima.
September 22, 1944
(7th AF) 15 Saipan based B-24s strike shipping at Chichi
Jima.
September 23, 1944
(7th AF) Fifteen B-24s bomb Chichi Jima.
September 24, 1944
(7th AF) Eighteen B-24s from Saipan hit harbor facilities at Chichi Jima.
September 28, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb naval installations at
Chichi Jima.
October 2, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s
hit shipping west of Chichi Jima.
October 12, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb
the harbor and shipping at Chichi Jima and shipping.
October 29, 1944
(7th AF) 19 B-24s bomb Chichi Jima.
November 1, 1944
(7th AF, USN) Twelve B-24s escorting a US Navy
photo aircraft fly over Chichi Jima bombing targets and shipping.
November 2, 1944
(7th AF) Eleven Saipan based B-24s bomb Chichi
Jima.
November 8, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s from Saipan hit shipping at Chichi
Jima.
November 15, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s on a shipping strike attack vessels off Chichi Jima.
November 16, 1944
(7th AF) Twelve Saipan based B-24s bomb shipping off Chichi Jima.
November 18, 1944
(7th AF)
B-24s from Saipan and Guam hit shipping off Chichi Jima.
November 21, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s from
Guam bomb shipping and naval shore installations at Chichi Jima.
November 23, 1944
(7th AF) Seventeen B-24s from Guam hit shipping at Chichi Jima.
November 24, 1944
(7th AF) Two B-24s from Saipan on a shipping reconnaissance
attack vessels at Haha Jima and Chichi Jima.
November 25, 1944
(7th AF) Seven Guam based B-24s, escorting a photo aircraft over the Bonin and Kazan Islands, bomb Chichi Jima.
December 24, 1944
(7th AF) Twenty-three B-24s based on Saipan bomb Chichi Jima.
December 24, 1944
(7th AF) Twenty-one B-24s based on Saipan bomb Chichi Jima.
January 5, 1945
(7th AF) B-24s act as airborne spotters for
the naval bombardment of Chichi Jima.
January 18, 1945
(7th AF) Nineteen Saipan based B-24s bomb targets on Chichi Jima damaging the naval base.
January 19, 1945
(7th AF) Seven B-24s from Saipan bomb harbor installations at
Chichi Jima.
February 12, 1945
(7th AF) Nine Guam based
B-24s pound Chichi Jima naval installations. Other B-24s from Guam fly
single bomber harassment strikes against Chichi Jima.
February 15, 1945
(7th AF) B-24s fly night harassment raids against Chichi Jima.
February 16, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 16/17 Feb, four Guam based
B-24s striking separately, hit Susaki Airfield.
February 17, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 17/18 February, five B-24s from Saipan fly
individual snooper strikes against Chichi Jima.
February 18, 1945
(7th AF)
During the night of 18/19 February, nine B-24s from Guam individually strike Chichi Jima.
(USN) TBM Avengers from VT-82 bomb installations on the shore of Futami Ko (Futami Bay) on Chi Chi Jima. Lost due to anti-aircraft fire is TBM 22889 (MIA) and collided with TBM 22904 (1 rescued, 2 MIA) damage to the left wing and fuselage ditched.
February 19, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 19/20 Feb, eight Saipan based B-24s fly individual heckler strikes over Chichi Jima.
February 21, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 21/22 Feb, six B-24s fly individual snooper raids from Guam against Chichi Jima.
February 26, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of
26/27 February, eight B-24s hit Chichi Jima, flying individual harassment strikes.
March 14, 1945
(7th AF) P-51s strafe and dive-bomb
several gun positions
on Chichi Jima.
March 16, 1945
(7th AF) 16 P-51s dive-bomb
and strafe radio and radar installations, gun positions, and a storage area
on Chichi Jima.
March 18, 1945
(7th AF) 16 P-51s dive-bomb radar and radio installations and barges on Chichi Jima.
March 19, 1945
(7th AF) 16 P-51s from Iwo
Jima bomb and strafe Susaki Airfield, a radio installation, and storage
area on Chichi Jima.
March 21, 1945
(7th AF) 16 P-51s strafe and bomb barracks
and radio and radar installations on Chichi Jima.
March 22, 1945
(7th AF) 16 P-51s bomb and strafe a weather station fuel
storage, and radar installations on Chichi Jima.
March 23, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 23/24 Mar, 5
B-24s, flying single-bomber strikes, pound Susaki Airfield.
March 25, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 25/26 Mar, 5 B-24s from Guam Island hit Susaki Airfield. 16 P-51s bomb and strafe Susaki Airfield.
March 26, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 26/27 Mar, 3 B-24s from Guam on individual snooper strikes hit Chichi Jima.
March 27, 1945
(7th AF)
On Chichi Jima, 16 P-51s bomb ammunition stores and the town of Kitamura.
March 28, 1945
(7th AF) On Chichi Jima, 15 P-51s
hit the airfield and defenses.
March 31, 1945
(7th AF) P-51s bomb and strafe vessels, air installations,
and targets of opportunity on Chichi Jima.
April 8, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 8/9 Apr, P-61s
operating singly at 2-hour intervals, bomb Chichi Jima.
April 9, 1945
(7th AF) Sixteen P-51s
bomb and strafe military installations at Chichi Jima
during the early morning.
April 10, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 10/11 Apr,
P-61s flying individual strikes bomb and strafe Chichi.
April 12, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 12/13 Apr, fighters operating singly at intervals, bomb and strafe targets on Chichi Jima.
April 18, 1945
(7th AF) During the night of 18/19 Apr P-61s flying individual strikes, bomb and strafe the radio station
on Chichi Jima.
April 19, 1945
(7th AF) 6 P-61s
operating singly and at intervals, bomb and strafe Chichi Jima.
May 2, 1945
(7th AF) 12 P-51s
strike a radio station on Chichi Jima.
May 11, 1945
(7th AF) 14 P-51s strafe and bomb the radio
station at Chichi Jima.
June 4, 1945
(7th AF) 8 P-51s bomb the radio station
on Chichi Jima.
June 28, 1945
(7th AF) P-51s from the 458th Fighter Squadron strafe radio station no. 6 and Susaki Airfield. During the strafing run, P-51 piloted by F. J. Pilecki dodged enemy machine gun fire sustaining only a dent in his right wing root and broken windshield glass.
Reference: History 458th Fighter Squadron June 1945
