502nd Bomb Group
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| Commanders | |
| LtCol Thomas H. Joyce | 12 May 1945 to 26 June 1945 |
| Colonel Kenneth O. Sanborn | 26 June 1945 to 13 September 1945 |
| Colonel John N. Reynolds | 13 September 1945 to Deactivation |
| Deputy Commanders | |
| LtCol Frank R. Pancake | 3 August 1945 to 9 September 1945 |
| LtCol Frank W. Iseman | 14 September 1945 to 3 December 1945 |
| Major Frank E. Boyd | 3 December 1945 to Deactivation |
| Operations Officers | |
| LtCol Frank W. Iseman | 20 June 1945 to 18 August 1945 |
| Major Charles R. Walters Jr | 18 August 1945 to 5 October 1945 |
| Major Finlay F. Ross | 5 October 1945 to Deactivation |
502nd Bombardment Group (VH) activated 25 May 1944
U.S. Training Base: Grand Island, Nebraska
Deployed to Guam:
Ground Echelon - 6 April 1945
(Arrive Guam 11 May 1945 on USS Cape Newenham)
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 transcibe and I wanted to focus initially on transcription of the unit history summaries.
