Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 20 14th Air Force P-51s attack a bridge, rail targets, and river traffic in southern and eastern China.
- A VC-41 FM downs a P1Y 'Galaxy' bomber near Shanghai at 1506 hours.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
XIII Fighter Command B-24s attack the Miti airfield on Halmahera and anti-aircraft batteries along Makassar Strait.
[ | ]Air Operations, Japan
- 63 FEAF B-24s, 84 B-25s, 32 A-26s, 97 P-47s, and 49 P-51s attack numerous targets on Kyushu.
- More than 100 VII Fighter Command P-51s attack airfields and military installations in the Tokyo area.
- During the night 64 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Imabari. 63 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Saga. 92 313th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Maebashi. 250 73rd and 314th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Nishinomiya. 106 315th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack a coal-liquifaction plant at Ube. 27 504th Very Heavy Bomb Group sow mines in Nakaumi Lagoon and off 8 port cities. 10 B-29s attack targets of opportunity.
| ]Air Operations, Philippines
XIII Bomber Command B-24s and XIII Fighter Command P-38s support US 8th Army ground forces on Luzon.
[ | ]Air Operations, Ryukyus
A 548th Night Fighter Squadron P-61 crew downs a G4M 'Betty' bomber north of Okinawa at 0243 hours.
[ | ]Air Operations, Pacific
During the night, 6 cities, previously warned, are totally devastated during incendiary attacks. 325 planes of the US 5th and 7th Air Forces, based on Okinawa, raid Tarumizu in southern Japan.
[ | ]China
The Chinese 13th Army captures the town of Tanchuk. The 58th Div liberates Hsinning. In Manchuria the Chinese 58th Div takes Hsinking (Changchun).
[ | ]Occupied Austria
Composer Emil von Reznicek dies at the age of 85.
[ | ]Pacific
- The US destroyer Bristol (DD-857) is damaged in a collision in the Iwo Jima area.
- The US submarine Billfish (SS-286) attacks a Japanese convoy in the Yellow Sea and sinks the merchant cargo ship Kori Maru off the Kwantung Peninsula.
- The US submarine Pogy (SS-266) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Kotohirasan Maru (2220t) in the Japan Sea about 30 miles west of Akita, Honshu.
| ]Images from August 5, 1945
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