 The group assisted the assault on Okinawa in April 1945 by bombing enemy airfields to cut down air attacks against the invasion force.Beginning on 19 March and continuing until the end of the war the group made incendiary raids against Japan, flying at night and at low altitude to bomb area targets.The group released propaganda leaflets over the Japanese home islands, continuing strategic bombing raids and incendiary attacks until the Japanese surrender in August 1945.