Air Operations, CBI

• The 14th Air Force headquarters moves to Peishiyi from Kunming.

Air Operations, East Indies

• XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack targets on Borneo.
• XIII Fighter Command P-51s attack the port area at Soerabaja.

Air Operations, Formosa

V Bomber Command B-24s based in the Phlippines attack the Takao airfield.

Air Operations, Japan

• 124 20th Air Force B-29s, escorted by VII Fighter Command P-51s and FEAF P-47s, attack the naval arsenal at Toyokawa.
• FEAF B-24s and 319th Medium Bomb Group A-26s attack the Tsuki airfield.
• 23 11th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack a coal liquifaction plant at Omuta.
• FEAF B-25s attack the Chiran airfield on Kyushu, the Izumi airfield on Honshu, bridges, and various other targets at Kawajiri and Matsubase.
• FEAF fighter-bombers attack transportation targets throughout Kyushu.
• VII Fighter Command P-51s released from B-29 escort duty attack rail targets and shipping at Atsugi, Chofu, Magarimatsu, and Sagami.
• 5 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s attack the Kataoka airfield.
• A 418th Night Fighter Squadron P-61 crew downs a G4M 'Betty' bomber over the Kumamoto airfield on Kyushu at 2230 hours.
• During the night 504th Very Heavy Bomba Group B-29s sow mines in Shimonoseki Strait and off 4 port cities.

Air Operations, Korea

• FEAF B-25s attack a convoy off Pusan.
• During the night 504th Very Heavy Bomb Group B-29s sow mines off Najin.
• SB-24s of the XIII Bomber Command’s 868th Heavy Bomb Squadron based on Okinawa open a night-harrassment campaign against various military targets in Korea.

Air Operations, Philippines

XIII Bomber Command B-25s and XIII Fighter Command P-38s support US 8th Army ground forces on Luzon.

Air Operations, Ryukyus

VMF(N)-543 F6Fs down 2 G4M 'Betty' bombers off Okinawa at 0245 and 2331, respectively.

Japan, Home Front

The first flight of the Nakajima Kikka ('Orange Blossom'), a jet-propelled attack bomber, takes place. It is a copy of the German Me-262. Only 19 prototypes are built before the war comes to an end.

Pacific

• The Japanese submarine chaser No. 66 is sunk by US Army aircraft near Truk in the Caroline Islands.
• The Japanese coast defense vessel No. 39 is sunk by US Army aircraft in the Sea of Japan.

Philippines

On Luzon officers from the headquarters of the US 1st Army meet on Luzon in readiness for the coming invasion of Japan.

Yugoslavia

Marshal Tito bars the return of King Peter II of Yugoslavia.

Images from August 7, 1945

A pall of smoke lingers over this scene of destruction in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 7, 1945, a day after the explosion of the atomic bomb

A Day after the Explosion

In Mon, August 6th, 1945 exploded over Hiroshima atomic bomb dropped from an airplane South American B-29 'Enola Gay'. At the time of the explosion killed 80,000 people and about 60,000 survivors were killed in an explosion over the next 5 years from wounds, burns and radiation disease. (AP Photo / US Army via Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)

Hiroshima Explosion

Once, A Bright City - Aftermath of Hiroshima - 7 August 1945

Aftermath of Hiroshima

Another view of the destruction of Hiroshima, 7 August 1945

Another View of the Destruction of Hiroshima