Air Operations, Pacific 2 F-7 reconnaissance planes (converted B-24s) are attacked by 10 fighters and flak over Tokyo. Both are damaged and 1 man is killed, but 2 fighers are destroyed.
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Images from August 18, 1945
Japanese Envoy arrival at Ia Shima Island, next stop Manila, 18 August 1945
Japanese Envoy Arrival
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Using the code 'T' for Bose, the cable dated 20 August 1945 said, 'T', while on his way to the capital (Tokyo), as a result of an accident to his aircraft at TAIHOKU (Japanese name for Taipei) at 1400 hours on the 18th was seriously injured and died at midnight on the same date.
Death of Bose
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