Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 15 ga Yuni kungiyar ta shiga cikin hare-haren farko na Sojojin Sama na Amurka a kan tsibirin Japan tun lokacin da Doolittle ya kai hari a shekarar 1942 lokacin da ya shiga cikin
harin bam na Yawata. Da yake aiki daga sansanoni a Indiya, kuma a wasu lokuta suna tafiya ta filayen Indiya da China, kungiyar ta kai hari kan cibiyoyin sufuri, kayan aikin ruwa, masana'antar karafa, masana'antar jirgin sama, da sauran manufofi a Japan, Thailand, Burma, China, Formosa, da Indonesia. Daga wani tushe a Ceylon, 462d ya yi amfani da kogin Musi a Sumatra a watan Agustan 1944. 462d ta sami lambar yabo ta musamman (DUC) don harin dare a kan aikin ƙarfe da ƙarfe a Yawata, Japan, a ranar 20 ga Agusta, 1944. A watan Oktoba 1944, Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 20 ta sake tsara rukunin B-29. A sakamakon haka, 462d ya rasa rundunar sojan sama ta 771 da kuma rundunonin sojan sama guda hudu, suna daukar ma'aikatan su a cikin sauran rundunonin.