Mission report summary of the 822nd Bomb Squadron for February, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.  File size is less than 1 MB.

Mission reports of the 822nd Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group for March, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.

Mission reports of the 822nd Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group for April, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.

Mission reports of the 822nd Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group for May, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.

Mission reports of the 822nd Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group for June, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.

Mission reports of the 822nd Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group for July, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.

Mission reports of the 822nd Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group for September, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.

The month of November saw the 822nd suffer more losses than any month of combat during WWII. The Group had been striking the Japanese airfields in the southern Philipines in suport of the Battle for Leyte when a large Japanese convoy was reported in route to Leyte with reinforcements. The 38th was assigned the mission to attack the convoy. The lead element was the 822nd. The 38th was awarded their 4 th DUC for the mission.

Key Words: Lahug Air Drome, Ormoc Bay, morotai.

Mission reports of the 822nd Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group for December, 1944.  Courtesy of AFHRA.  File size is 6.5 MB.

This covers the 822nd squadron activities for january 1945

This covers the period of Febrary 1945

Ihis part one of two parts for March 1945.

This id the second part of two psrts for March 1945.

This is part one of two parts for April 1945.

This the second part of two parts for April 1945.

Part one of two parts for May 1945.

This is part two of two parts for May 1945.

Part one of two parts for June 1945.

This part two of two parts for June 1945.

The month of July 1945 and the squadron moves to Okinawa.

The war ends 14 August 1945.

This covers Sepember 1945.

This is the rest of the story as they say.