THURSDAY, 28 JUNE 1945
CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 7 B-25s and 4 P-51s bomb the
town of Changsha, a troop concentration and supply area, and blast truck convoys
and ammunition trains in the Yoyang area; 28 P-51s hit a communications center
S of Puchou, knock out bridges near Kiehsiu and Neikiuhsien, bomb gun emplacements
and defensive positions SE of Hsihsiakou, and attack railroad traffic and damage
a road bridge in the Suchow and Yoyang areas.
INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): The detachment of the 427th Night Fighter
Squadron, Tenth AF operating from Kunming with P-61s returns to base
at Dinjan.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Three B-24s from Guam bomb fuel storage on Marcus.
HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 487 B-29s fly 4 incendiary missions against secondary
cities during the night of 28/29 Jun; 1 B-29 is lost. Mission 234: 138 B-29s
attack Okayama destroying 2.13 square miles (5.52 square km) 63% of the city
area; 1 B-29 is lost. Mission 235: 141 B-29s hit Sasebo destroying 0.97 square
miles (2.51 square km), 48% of the city area; 2 other B-29s hit alternate targets.
Mission 236: 91 B-29s attack Moji destroying 0.302 square miles (0.782 square
km), 26.9% of the city area; 3 B-29s hit alternate targets. Mission 237: 117
B-29s hit Nobeoka destroying 0.52 square miles (1.35 square km), 36% of the
city area. 39 P-47s from Ie Shima attack shipping at Koniya, Japan with rocket
and bombing and hit Tokuno with rockets and machine gun fire; 26 more
hit targets of opportunity in the Sakishima Archipelago including vessels, docks,
an airfield, floatplane, and village.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In Borneo, B-24s pound
installations in the Manggar area while B-24s, B-25s, and P-38s hit defenses
near Balikpapan; the P-38s also skip bomb oil storage and other B-24s hit runways
at Tabanio Airfield and Oelin Airfield. B-24s bomb Limboeng
Airfield and Langoan Airfield. On Luzon Island, fighter-bombers hit troop concentrations in the Kiangan area while supporting ground forces and attack Japanese concentrations
and positions between Ipo and Infanta. B-24s strike a butanol plant at Keishu,
Formosa. Unit moves: Headquarters (HQ), 35th Fighter Group from Clark
Field to Okinawa;
70th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier Group from Tanauan to Clark Field with C-46s and C-47s.
In the Hidden Valley (Shangri-La, Balim) in western New Guinea, C-47 "Leaking Louise" relases CG-4 "Fanless Faggot" that lands and is picked up to rescue the three survivors of C-47A "Gremlin Special / Guinea Gopher" 42-23952 that crashed 47 days prior on May 13, 1945.
U.S. Navy: Japanese submarine I-36 carries out unsuccessful kaiten attack on general issues stores ship Antares (AKS- 3) southeast of the Marianas, 13°10'N, 154°57'E; destroyer Sproston (DD-577) comes to Antares's aid, sinking one kaiten and damaging I-36, 12°50'N, 154°50'E.
Off Balikpapan, Borneo, motor minesweeper YMS-47 is damaged by mine, 01°19'S, 116°55'E; motor minesweeper YMS-49 is damaged by shore battery, 01°00'S, 117°00'E.
PB4Y-2s (VPB 118), flying from Okinawa, continue aerial mining of waters of Korean archipelago in a repeat of mission the previous day, sowing mines in fields off Chin-To and northwest of Roka-To. Although fighter opposition materializes to this mission, the Privateers "after considerable sparring" drive off the enemy without loss.
Mines sink Japanese merchant cargo ship Daikokusan Maru (off Moji, Japan) and damage cable ship Osei Maru (three kilometers southeast of Jizozaki) and merchant cargo ship Yahiko Maru (34°21'N, 130°56'E).
Japanese naval vessel Toyokawa Maru is damaged by marine casualty 450 meters southeast of Hikoshima.
RAAF: Crash landed is P-40N Kittyhawk A29-1019 (survived).
