Air Operations, CBI
CHINA
- 30 14th Air Force P-38s and P-51s attack numerous targets in southern China and northern French Indochina.
- A party of USAAF officers arrives in Chungking from India to organize the newly created Army Air Forces, China Theater headquarters.
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Air Operations, East Indies - FEAF B-24s attack defenses near Balikpapan, a seaplane base at Donggla, and the Boeloedowang and Limboeng airfield on Celebes.
- 1 B-24 crashes into a mountain.
- The Manggar airfield on Borneo is captured by Australian Army ground forces.
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Air Operations, Formosa 20 V Bomber Command B-24s attack barracks at Toshien.
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Air Operations, Japan - 8 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s attack Kataoka naval base with the aid of radar.
- 161 VII Fighter Command P-51s attack the Yokosuka naval base, Imba, Kasumigaura, and Tsukuba.
- 35th Fighter Group P-51s sweep Kyushu.
- 2 15th Fighter Group P-51s down a biplane over the Kasumigaura airfield on Honshu at 1410 hours.
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Air Operations, Philippines V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack Batan Island and various targets on Luzon.
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Pacific The US submarine Tirante (SS-420) sinks Japanese guardboats Koshe Maru and Mashuye Maru in the Yellow Sea east of Tsingtao, China.
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Philippines On Mindanao the US 24th Division organizes an amphibious expeditionary force to liberate Sarangani Bay, in the south of the island, south of Davao.
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Images from July 4, 1945
Balikpapan, Borneo, July 4, 1945
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British Troops Enter Berlin
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Balikpapan, Borneo, July 4, 1945
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Inspecting Japanese Strongpoints
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