Japanese reject Potsdam ultimatum. Nevertheless General Marshall
directs General MacArthur and Wedemeyer and Admiral Nimitz
to proceed with plans for a surrender.
Fourteenth Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb supply convoys moving through
Siang Chiang Valley. 40 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers, P-38
Lightning fighters, and P-61 Black Widow, night fighters hit various targets in South
and East China, and in Indochina, chiefly river transport,
but also troop concentrations, railroad traffic, and many
targets. Target areas include Nanyang, Suchow, Hankou, Sinyang,
Anking, Anyang, Lohochai, Kukong, Takhing, Koyiu, Samshui,
Pingsiang, Kian, Yungcheng, Yingtak, and Wuchou.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). 60 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and A-26 Invader light
bombers bomb Omura airfield. 4 of the planes hit airfields
at Izumi. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters support the strike and
also hit numerous nearby targets. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers,
failing to find targets on shipping sweep over Korean waters,
bomb shipping, a railroad, and a warehouse in Sendai area.
Covering P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers also hit nearby targets.
80 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters bomb Sendai, leaving much of
the town in flames. P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers on photo
reconnaissance of South Kyushu destroy trains and small craft.
Nearly 80 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters attack Miyazaki, Karasehara,
and Tomitaka areas, firing warehouses and damaging barracks,
hangars, towers, and other buildings, and blast buildings
and construction on and near Shibushi airfield. B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers bomb Kota Waringin airfield. B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters support ground forces
East of Ilagan, near Kiangan, and East of Manila in Infanta
sector.
VII Fighter Command. INVO Jima based United States Army Air
Force (USAAF) fighters attack airfields, railroads, and other
tactical targets throughout the Kobe Osaka area.
Eleventh Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers on way to the Kurils are soon
recalled because of weather disturbances.
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Edited by Sir John Hamilton
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2194 Days Of War.
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