Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 15 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 4 81st Fighter Group P-47s attack 2 bridges at Chungmow.
- 18 14th Air Force P-51s attack various targets.
- A 311th Fighter Group P-51 downs a Ki-44 'Tojo' fighter over Peking's Southeast airfield at 1320 hours.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
- FEAF B-24s and B-25s, XIII Fighter Command P-38s, and US Navy and Marine Corps carrier-based aircraft attack the Balikpapan area.
- B-24s attack the Fort Brook and Oelin airfields on Borneo.
| ]Air Operations, Formosa
V Bomber Command B-24s attack an oil refinery at Shinchiku.
[ | ]Air Operations, Japan
- 34 318th Fighter Group P-47s attack the Kanoya airfield on Kyushu and the airfield at Kushira as well as shipping on the return flight.
- During the night 32 315th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack an oil-industry target at Kudamatsu.
- 25 505th Very Heavy Bomb Group B-29s sow mines in Shimonoseki Strait and off Maizuru and Sakata.
| ]Air Operations, Philippines
V Fighter Command fighter-bombers support US Army and Filipino guerrilla 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.
[ | ]Air Operations, Pacific
Allied bombers raid the Balikpapan oil installations for the 9th consecutive day.
[ | ]Diplomatic Relations
Ruthenia is formally ceded to the Soviet Union by Czechoslovakia. Russia has thus acquired since 1939 a total of 300,000 square miles of new territory in Europe, land greater in size than the state of Texas.
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United States, Planning
Pres Truman approves plans for the invasion of Japan. 2 operations are outlined, involving a total of 36 US divisions. The first, Operation OLYMPIC, proposes landing 13 divisions on Kyushu on November 1, 1945. The second, Operation CORONET, looks to land the remaining 23 divisions on Honshu on March 1, 1946.
[ | ]Images from June 29, 1945
Clearing the Area near the Station |
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Visiting Brunei |
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