16th Bombardment Group (VH)
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| Commanders | |
| Captain William W. Hosler, Jr | June 1944 |
| Major Richard W. Lavin | June 1944 |
| Colonel Samuel C. Gurney, Jr | 11 July 1944 to 11 July 1945 |
| LtCol Andre F. Castellotti | 11 July 1945 to Deactivation |
| Deputy Commanders | |
| LtCol Andre F. Castellotti | 11 July 1944 to 11 July 1945 |
| LtCol Collier H. Davidson | 18 July 1945 to 13 October 1945 |
| LtCol Richard W. Kline | 13 October 1945 to Deactivation |
| Operations Officers | |
| Major Robert L. Jones | 14 June 1945 to 25 June 1945 |
| LtCol Collier H. Davidson | 25 June 1945 to 17 July 1945 |
| Major Zed S. Smith | 17 July 1945 to 28 August 1945 |
| Major John S. Gillespie | 28 August 1945 to Deactivation |
16th Bombardment Group (VH) activated April 1944
U.S. Training Base: Fairmont, Nebraska
Deployed to Guam:
Ground Echelon - March 4, 1945
(Arrive Guam April 14, 1945 on USS Exchange)
Air Echelon - April/May 1945
Transcriptions of the official histories is a work in progress. The transcriptions come from documents microfilmed by the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA). The initial transcription will be of the narrative summary, and will include selected, but not all of the supporting documents for each of the monthly histories. The supporting documents consist of special orders, memorandum, report forms, copies of TWX messages, photographs and in some cases select daily bulletins of the wing and group. This will take a long time to transcribe and I wanted to focus initially on transcription of the unit history summaries.
