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- USS Cod was strafed by a Japanese aircraft while she was boarding a small Japanese vessel. The submarine dove and escaped the area; the boarding party was rescued by submarine USS Blenny two days later. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
- In the biggest air raid yet over Japan, 820 Superfortress bombers dropped 6,632 tons of high explosive bombs and incendiary bombs on four cities, bringing the total number of Japanese cities incinerated to 56. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | AC]
- Naoshi Kanno was shot down in combat off the island of Yakushima south of Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Naoshi Kanno | CPC]
- Charles Brown became the commanding officer of USS Hornet, relieving Austin Doyle. ww2dbase [Hornet (Essex-class) | CPC]
- The Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) was inactivated. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 52 arrived. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- An incendiary attack by US B-29 bombers resulted in 95.6 percent destruction of the aluminium-producing city of Toyama, Japan. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | Toyama | AC]
- 24 B-24 and 26 B-25 bombers attacked Nagasaki, Japan, dropping 112 tons of bombs starting at about 1120 hours, in three waves. They mainly targeted the munitions factories and the Mitsubishi shipyard. In total, 169 people were killed, 215 people were wounded, 40 people were missing, 107 homes were destroyed, and 134 homes were damaged. The Mitsubishi shipyard, the Mitsubishi Steelworks, and the Nagasaki Medical College suffered heavy damage. The railroad tracks between Urakami and Nagayo were also damaged. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard | Nagasaki | CPC]
- USS Blenny reported sinking three small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya. ww2dbase [Blenny | South China Sea | CPC]




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