Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 12 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack rail facilities and warehouses at Sinsiang.
- In a separate mission, 10 B-25s and 4 14th Air Force P-51s also attack rail yards at Sinsiang.
- 2 B-25s and 3 P-51s attack the rail line between Sinsiang and Hsuchang.
- 17 fighter-bombers attack various targets.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
- FEAF B-24s attack Balikpapan and Manggar and support Australian Army ground forces on Tarakan Island.
- 42nd Medium Bomb B-25s attack Djembajan, Kudat, and Manggar.
| ]Air Operations, Formosa
V Bomber Command B-24s attack Taihoku.
[ | ]Air Operations, Japan
8 28th Composite Bomb Group B-25s abort in the face of bad weather while on their way to attack Kurabu Cape, but 11 B-24s are able to attack the Kataoka naval base with the aid of radar.
[ | ]Air Operations, Philippines
V Bomber Command A-20s and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack various targets on Luzon.
[ | ]Air Operations, Ryukyus
US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa and attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands.
[ | ]Occupied Germany
Paul Ferdonnet, the 'Radio Traitor' of Stuttgart, is arrested by French troops in Bavaria. He is executed on August 5.
[]Okinawa
Gen Simon B. Buckner reduces the sector manned by the III Amphibious Corps, which has suffered the greatest losses, and increases that assigned to the XXIV Coprs. The front line goes from the southern suburbs of Naha to the spurs south of Shuri Ridge, reaching the east coast just south of Yonabaru.
The 4th and 29th Marines, 6th Div, after a heavy preliniary bombardment, land on the north coast of the Oroku peninsula, which is manned by Vice-Adm Minoru Ota's naval infantry, and take about half of the airfield there.
[ | ]Images from June 4, 1945
Bombing Kobe |
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6TH Maring Division lands on Oroku Peninsula |
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