Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa15 Chikumi boka racho rakabatanidzwa mukurwisa kwekutanga kweAmerican Air Force pazvitsuwa zveJapan kubva pakurwiswa kwaDoolittle muna 1942 apo rakabatanidzwa mu
kubhomba kweYawata. Ichishanda ichibva pazvivako muIndia, uye padzimwe nguva ichipfuura nomuminda muIndia neChina, boka racho rakarova nzvimbo dzokutakura zvinhu, zvivako zvengarava, zvivako zvesimbi, zvivako zvinogadzira ndege, uye zvimwe zvinangwa muJapan, Thailand, Burma, China, Formosa, neIndonesia. Kubva panheyo yokuCeylon, 462d yakachera rwizi rweMusi muSumatra muna August 1944. 462d yakagamuchira Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) yekurwiswa kwehusiku kune simbi nesimbi inoshanda paYawata, Japan, musi wa20 Nyamavhuvhu 1944. Muna October 1944, Twentieth Air Force yakarongazve maB-29 ayo. Somugumisiro, 462d yakarasikirwa ne771st Bombardment Squadron yayo uye maBombardment Maintenance Squadrons ayo mana, kutora vashandi vavo mumasasa ayo akasara.