US NAVY
PACIFIC—TF 38 (Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher) begins
strikes against Japanese shipping, facilities, and airfields on Mindanao;
carrier-based planes sink transport Kuniyama Maru in Sulu Sea, 06°30'N,
121°50'E, and transports Kurenai Maru and Mihara Maru, and cargo
ship Taiyu Maru in Mindanao Sea, 09°45'N, 125°30'E. Light cruisers
Birmingham (CL-62) and Santa Fe (CL-60) and four destroyers detached
from TG 58.3 (Rear Admiral Laurance T. DuBose), covered by planes from light
carrier Langley (CVL-27) demolish coastal convoy consisting of
predominantly small ships and craft proceeding down the west coast of Mindanao.
Submarine Bang
(SS-385) sinks Japanese transport Tokiwasan Maru south of Japan,
28°53'N, 137°42'E, and merchant cargo ship Shoryu Maru, 28°58'N,
137°45'E.
Submarine Queenfish
(SS-393) sinks Japanese transport Toyoka Maru and merchant
passenger/cargo ship Manshu Maru and damages torpedo boat Manazuru northwest
of Babuyan, Luzon, 19°45'N, 120°56'E.
Submarine Seal
(SS-183) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Shonan Maru in Sea of
Okhotsk, north of Etorofu, Kurils,47°57'N, 148°15'E.
Mines laid
on 6-8 July by British submarine HMS Porpoise sink Japanese auxiliary
submarine chasers Cha 8 and Cha 9 off Sumatra.
Mine sinks
Japanese merchant cargo ship Tsinan Maru off Woosung, China.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—350-plus B-17’s bomb marshalling yards at
Mannheim and Mainz, armament plant at Dusseldorf and 10 targets of opportunity.
8 B17’ s are lost, mostly to AA fire. 8 P-51 groups and a squadron give escort,
1 group later strafing rail traffic S of Wurzburg. 1 P-47 group sweeps
Lingen-Munster-Haltern area to spot flak positions and troop concentrations, and
strafe an airfield. 5 fighter bomber groups bomb and strafe shipping between
German mainland and Schouwen, Overflakee, and Walcheren Is, installations on
the islands, and rail and road trafflc NW and NE of Frankfurt/Main. 9 fighter
bombers are lost. Fighters claim 13 aircraft destroyed. Training functions are removed
from VIII AF Comp Cmd control and distributed within the combat groups in
anticipation that combat groups will have to train their own replacements upon
deployment from ETO to other theaters.
NINTH AF—Bombers fly leaflet mission to coastal France and
Belgium. Fighters fly escort, furnish ground force cover for US VIII Corps in
the Brest area, 2d, 5th, and 8th Infantry Divisions of US Third Army’s XX Corps
area W of Metz, and fly armed reconnaissance in areas around Aachen, Cologne,
Koblenz, Bonn, Saarbrucken, and Nancy. Fighters also hit bridges at Custines
and Pompey. Over 700 transports fly missions.
TWELFTH AF—B-26’s achieve excellent results against rail
bridges in the E Po Valley while B-25’s bomb troop concentrations and supply
points S of Bologna. Fighter bombers and fighters attack railways and roads in
Po Valley and from Genoa to Turin. Motor transport and rolling stock are bombed
and strafed in N Italy and E France, with particular success in
Belfort-Mulhouse-Freiburg areas.
TENTH AF—9 B-25’s bomb Japanese HQ and other buildings at
Manwing. 17 B-24’s run fuel to Kunming. Numerous other transport sorties are
flown to several points in CBI.
FOURTEENTH AF—24 B-25’s hit river traffic and troop
compounds in areas around Kiyang, Lingling, and Lingkwantien, bomb towns of
Lingling and Samshui, and knock out W end of bridge at Lingling. About 50
P-40’s and P-51’s hit numerous targets of opportunity throughout inland SE
China including rivercraft and troop areas around Lingling, Lupao, Tsingyun,
Kiyang, Leiyang, and Yungfengshih, and a railroad bridge at Tunganhsien. 5
B-24’s over S China Sea claim 4 freighters sunk or heavily damaged.
FEAF—B-24’s bomb Mapanget airfield. More than 100 fighter
bombers and A-20’s pound airfields at Liang, Haroekoe, Boela, and Namlea. Fighter
bombers hit Moemi, Manokwari, and Ransiki airstrips while B-25’s hit Babo airfield.
B-24’s hit Galela airfield.
SEVENTH AF—A B-24 on snooper mission from Saipan bombs Iwo
Jima during 9/10 September. B-25’s based in the Gilberts bomb Nauru.
ELEVENTH AF—6 B-25’s hunt shipping off Paramushiru. 4
return to Attu with bombs, finding no targets. One hits mast of a vessel and
ditches in water. The other lands on one engine in Petropavlovsk. 3 B-24’s make
an uneventful raid during 9/10 September on Kashiwabara. Later 2 photo planes
escorting 2 bombers over Kurils on a mapping project are attacked by fighters
which inflict no damage.
US ARMY
In British Second Army’s 30 Corps
area, Guards Armored Division, reinforced by Royal Netherlands group, extends bridgehead
at Beeringen against sharp opposition. 50th Division is slowly expanding Gheel
bridgehead. 11th Armored Division moves forward on right flank of corps.
12th Army Group: In U.S. First
Army’s XIX Corps area, 113th Cavalry Group enters Holland panhandle near
Maastricht. Rest of corps is getting into position for offensive, 30th Division
assembling near Tongres. In VII Corps area, 1st Division crosses the Meuse at
Liége and pushes E on N flank of corps. 3d Armored Division ( — ) heads for
Verviers; Combat Command B and attached elements of 9th Division thrust to
Limbourg.
In U.S. Third Army’s XX Corps area,
forward elements of 80th Division drive NE to vicinity of Fontoy and Neufchef,
the latter being within 8 miles of Thionville. 2d Infantry of 5th Division,
assisted by TF from Combat Command A, 7th Armored Division, continues to attack
W of Metz without making appreciable headway. 5th Division maintains its small
Dornot bridgehead against repeated counterattacks but is unable to expand or
reinforce it. In XII Corps area, corps commander orders attack on S flank to
begin on 11th. Germans continue to counterattack 80th Division positions.
S
FRANCE—In U.S. Seventh Army area, French 2d Corps continues toward Dijon,
elements reaching positions about halfway between Beaune and Dijon. In VI Corps
area, 45th Division overcomes opposition at Baume and drives on toward
Villersexel road junction. 3d and 36th Divisions cross Ognon I. In French 1st Corps
area, Séez falls to FFI forces. This is an important communications center just
SW of Little St Bernard Pass.
USSR—Accepts
Bulgaria’s request for an armistice and breaks off hostilities.
ITALY—AAI:
In U.S. Fifth Army area, Gen Clark orders II and British 13 Corps to attack on
10th to breach Gothic Line. Boundary between the two corps is altered to give
Highway 6521 to 13 Corps. Troops move northward, following up enemy withdrawal.
In II Corps area, 34th Division, with 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron under
command, takes up positions W of Highway 65 and 91st assembles E of the
highway. 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron patrols as far N as M. Maggiore without
incident. In British 13 Corps area, 1st Division, having accomplished its
mission of screening for II Corps, shifts eastward.
British Eighth Army issues
instructions for major effort by 5 Corps and Canadian 1 Corps to take S. Savino–Coriano
ridge. Greek 3d Mountain Brigade is committed along coast under command of
Canadian 1st Division, Canadian 1 Corps.
NEW
GUINEA—Work on Kamiri airfield, Noemfoor, is completed.
US MARINE CORPS
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