Monday, August 18, 2025

80 Years Ago, Saturday, 18 August 1945

No combat actions recorded in any of the US service chronologies.

 

US NAVY

 

US ARMY AIR FORCE (entry not in the official combat chronology)

FEAF—A B‑32 from 386th Bomb Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group suffered the last US aerial combat fatality of WWII.  Four B‑32s were tasked for a photo reconnaissance mission to Tokyo but mechanical issues scratched two aircraft.  Japanese fighters intercepted the two operational B‑32s, heavily damaging the Dominator, wounding the dorsal gunner and photographer and killing Sergeant Anthony Marchione, a photographer's assistant, the last American to die in air combat in World War II.

US ARMY


US MARINE CORPS

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