USN
PACIFIC–President Roosevelt reembarks in heavy
cruiser Baltimore (CA-68) and then shifts to destroyer Cummings (DD-376)
to visit the Puget Sound Navy Yard.
PB4Y
(VB 116) crashes on takeoff from Stickell Field, Eniwetok, and burns amidst the
340 planes in the carrier aircraft replacement pool area; 106 (F6Fs, FMs,
SB2Cs, and TBMs) are destroyed.
Submarine
Barbel (SS-316) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Yagi Maru and
merchant cargo ship Boko Maru (ex-British Sagres) north of
Okinoshima, 27°56'N, 128°47'E. Coast Defense Vessel No.1 and minesweeper
W.17 carry out antisubmarine sweep to no avail.
Submarine
Seawolf (SS-197) lands men and supplies on Palawan.
British
submarine HMS Trenchant sinks Japanese merchant fishing boat No.2
Hiyoshi Maru off coast of Sumatra,04°29'S, 102°54'E
USAAF
B-25s sink Japanese ship Tokuyu Maru and damage fishing boat No.6
Meijin Maru off Halmahera.
Japanese
merchant cargo ship Hokko Maru is sunk by aircraft off Shanghai, China.
Japanese
cargo ship Koshin Maru is sunk by fire, 125 miles northeast of Keelung,
Formosa.
ATLANTIC–Motor torpedo boat PT-509 is
sunk by German surface craft off the isle of Jersey, English Channel, 49°11'N,
02°15'W.
In
another channel action, three U.S. motor torpedo boats engage German convoy off
Cap d'Antifer, France; German gunfire damages PT-520 and PT-521.
AAF
EIGHTH AF–More than 500 Heavy Bombers
attack aircraft engine plant at Sindelfingen and several Targets of
opportunity, including marshalling yards at Saarbrucken, Luxembourg, and
Saint-Vith. 18 Heavy Bombers are lost, mostly to AA fire. 15 fighter groups fly
570 sorties in support, claiming 33 aircraft destroyed in air and 30 on ground,
plus numerous ground targets in strafing attacks. 15 Fighter Bomber groups bomb
and strafe rail targets, including 12 marshalling yards, in France. 325th
Photographic Wing (Recon) is activated to replace 8th Recon Wing (Prov).
NINTH AF–Close to 400 Medium Bombers
and Light Bombers attack ammo dump in Foret de Blois, shipping at Brest, and
other targets, including rail bridges at 10 locations in N and W France.
fighters escort IX BC, cover ground forces, and fly armed recon in wide areas
of N France (around Paris, as far S as Orleans, and as far NE as Reims and
Chalonssur-Marne).
TWELFTH AF–Medium Bomber efforts are
restricted by bad weather. However, during 8/9 Aug A-20’s hit targets along
coastal road from Nice to Genoa, and during the day B-25’s hit railroad at
Ventimiglia and B-26’s attain excellent results on Bergamo/Orio al Serio AF.
Fighter Bombers sink motor vessel in Imperia harbor and attack railroad
facilities in NW Italy.
FIFTEENTH AF–Around 400 B-24’s and
B-17’s, with fighter escorts, bomb 2 airfields and an oil refinery at Budapest,
rolling stock plant and aircraft assembly plant at Gyor, and marshalling yard
and oil refinery at Brod.
TENTH AF–24 Fighter Bombers support
ground forces in Taungni-Sahmaw area. Several others unsuccessfully attack
bridge N of Hopin and bomb town of Tagwin.
FOURTEENTH AF–6 B-25’s bomb compound
and vehicle shed on NE edge of Hengyang. 36 P-40’s and P-51’s attack trucks,
gun positions, and buildings at several points in Hengyang-Siangtan area. 21
P-51’s and P- 40’s knock out pontoon bridge and hit junks and sampans at
Changsha, and attack rivercraft at points along the C Yangtze.
FEAF–B-24’s blast AA positions in 3
different areas of Yap I. Other B-24’s bomb airfields at Boela and at Liang.
A-20’s hit shipping facilities at Asap I and bomb Nabire airfield. fighters
strafe villages S of Manokwari. B-25’s bomb forces on N coast of Waigeo I.
A-20’s and Fighter Bombers hit troops at Dagua and near Haur and bomb stores at
Cape Moem and machineguns at Cape Wom.
USA
FRANCE—21 Army Group: In Cdn First Army area, 2 Corps
continues S astride Caen–Falaise road. Cdn 4th Armd Div overruns
Bretteville-le-Rabet while Pol 1st Armd Div seizes Cauvicourt and St Sylvain in
costly fighting. Infantry units are clearing flanks.
12th Army
Group: In U.S. Third Army’s VIII Corps area, 6th Armd Div, leaving small force
to contain Brest, moves N to meet threat to its rear and virtually destroys
enemy div in Plouvien area; makes contact with TF A near Brest. 83d Div
continues assault on St Malo, where resistance is now confined largely to the
Citadel. 4th Armd Div is still containing Lorient and sends elements toward Nantes.
XV Corps mops up Le Mans and swings N toward Alençon, 5th Armd Div on right and
Fr 2d Armd Div on left, followed by infantry. 80th Div, temporarily attached to
corps, is mopping up near Le Mans. In XX Corps area, 5th Div closes in on
Angers.
U.S. First
Army orders a turn NE toward Argentan to meet British working southward toward
Falaise to trap enemy in Vire–Mortain–Domfront–Ger region. In VII Corps area,
enemy counteroffensive toward Avranches loses its momentum but heavy fighting
continues. 39th Inf, 9th Div, is detached from 4th Div. In XIX Corps area, 28th
Div is unable to advance in Gathemo region, but 29th moves slowly forward below
Vire. V Corps orders 2d Div, whose mission is still primarily defensive, to
move one reinf regt SE. 102d Cav Gp is attached to 2d Div, which relieves
additional elements of 29th Div (XIX Corps) on hills near Vire.
ITALY—AAI: In Br Eighth Army area, 13 Corps completes
clearing region below the Arno in Florence area.
CBI—On Salween front, Japanese raid Ch 8th Army’s arty
positions and supply dumps in Sung Shan sector with some success. In China,
Marshal Li Chi-shen, President of the Military Advisory Council of Chungking,
sends message to U.S. Consulate in Kweilin that E China war lords are about to
form a provisional government in order to effect national unity and defeat
Japanese; that Chiang Kai-shek will be asked to resign. U.S. attitude to this
is one of watchful waiting.
NEW GUINEA—In Aitape area, Gen Gill reports to Gen Hall
that resistance along the Driniumor has ceased.
GUAM—77th Div and 3d Mar Div are clearing final resistance
on Guam. Bypassed enemy groups show a determination to be killed rather than surrender.
USMC
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