80 Years Ago, Tuesday, 7 August 1945

US NAVY

PACIFIC—Submarine Pargo (SS‑264), attacking Japanese convoy off northeastern Korea, sinking merchant cargo ship Rashin Maru, 41°15'N, 131°19'E.

            Thirty USAAF B‑29s mine Shimonoseki Straits and the waters off Maizuru and Sakai, Japan, and Najin, Korea.

            USAAF B‑29s (20th Air Force) on shakedown flight bomb Japanese installations at Truk, sinking auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 66, 07°23'N, 151°53'E.

            Aircraft sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Rumoe Maru near My Tho, French Indochina.

            USAAF B‑25s (5th Air Force) attack Japanese convoy off Pusan, Korea, sinking Coast Defense Vessel No.39 at 35°06'N, 129°03'E, and merchant tankers No.7 Kinyu Maru and No.9 Nanki Maru near Koje‑Do, 34°55'N, 128°44'E.

            Mine sinks Japanese army cargo ship Kibitsu Maru 250 meters east of Hiraiso, 34°37'N, 135°03'E.

            Japanese merchant ship Keizan Maru is damaged by aircraft 13 miles south‑southwest of Hime Jima light. Japanese merchant cargo ships Daigen Maru and Chiyotama Maru are damaged when they collide four miles south of Funagawa pier.

US ARMY AIR FORCE

FOURTEENTH AF—Fourteenth AF moves from Kunluing to Paishiyi.

FEAF—P‑47’s cover Twentieth AF B‑29 strike against Kyushu targets. B‑24’s and A‑26’s over Kyushu pound Tsuiki airfield. Other B‑24’s start fires at Omura. B‑25’s hit bridges and other targets at Matsubase and Kawaj iri and bomb convoy off Pusan. Other B‑25’s hit Chiran and Izumi airfields. Fighter Bombers attack and considerably damage comm and transportation facilities throughout Kyushu. B‑24’s bomb Takno airfield. B‑25’s and P‑38’s support ground forces near Ambuclao, Kiangan, Batangan, Aparri, Malikayan, Bontoc, and Tabayoc and Palugloko Mountains. In Netherlands East Indies, B‑24’s bomb area E of Bandjermasin, and P‑51’s hit harbor at Soerabaja.

TWENTIETH AF—124 B‑29’s, escorted by VII FC fighters, bomb naval arsenal at Toyokawa. During 7/8 Aug, 29 others drop mines in Shimonoseki Strait, at Miyazu, Maizuru, Tsuruga, Obama and at Najin. FEAF P‑47’s provide cover.

VII FC—After escorting B‑29’s on bombing mission, P‑51’s attack railroad targets and shipping in and near Magarimatsu, Chofu, Atsugi, and Sagami.

ELEVENTH AF—5 B‑24’s bomb Kataoka Airfield. AA fire damages 2 B‑24’s.

 

US ARMY

LUZON—Advance detachment of Hq, U.S. First Army, arrives to prepare for operations against Japan.

 

US MARINE CORPS