Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 2 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 41 14th Air Force P-51s attack various targets.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
- Supplementing Royal Australian Air Force efforts, FEAF B-24s attack Samarinda, Tawau, and artillery positions at Balikpapan.
- 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack the Brunei Bay area.
- XIII Fighter Command P-38s attack airfields and targets of opportunity. Labuan Island is declared secure.
| ]Air Operations, Formosa
- More than 90 V Bomber Command B-24s attack Takao and port facilities at Kiirun.
- 3 386th Bomb Squadron B-32s attack Taito.
| ]Air Operations, Japan
4 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s and 4 B-25s attack shipping in the Kurile Islands. 2 B-25s with mechanical problems land in the USSR, where they and their crews are interned.
[ | ]Air Operations, Philippines
V Bomber Command B-25s and A-20s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack various targets and support US 6th Army ground forces on Luzon.
[ | ]Air Operations, Ryukyus
US Navy and Marine aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa and attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands. At 2030 hours, a US picket destroyer is mortally damaged by an aerial torpedo that claims the lives of 152 members of her 340-man crew.
[ | ]Belgium, Politics
Belgian Premier Achille van Acker and his cabinet resign in protest against the contemplated return of King Leopold III.
[ | ]Okinawa
Fighting continues in the south of the island. The 381st Infantry succeeds in taking the summit of Mount Yuza.
The air offensive against American ships in the waters off Okinawa eases off slightly, but the Japanese still sink the destroyer Twiggs (DD-591) and damage the escort carrier Steamer Bay (CVE-87).
[ | ]Pacific
- The US submarine Piranha (SS-389) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Eiso Maru (2274t) off southern Hokkaido.
- The British submarine Taciturn sinks the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser CHA-105 off Surabaya, Java.
- The Japanese army cargo ship Taikyu Maru (2128t) is sunk by mine west of the mouth of Kammon Channel.
- The Japanese merchant cargo ship No.35 Banshu Maru is sunk by mine off Fukuoka, Japan.
| ]Images from June 16, 1945
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