MONDAY, 2 JULY 1945
AAF PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (Seventh Air Force): Three B-24s from Guam attack
a radar installation on Marcus. Unit moves to Okinawa: HQ 11th Bombardment
Group and 26th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Squadron and 431st Bombardment Squadron from Guam with B-24s; Headquarters (HQ), 319th Bombardment Group and 437th Bombardment Squadron, 439th Bombardment Squadron and 440th
Bombardment Squadron moves to Kadena Airfield from the US with A-26s.
HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): Mission 245: During the night of 2/3 Jul, 39 B-29s
bomb an oil refinery at Minoshima; 1 other hits alternate targets. B-29s bomb Japanese shipping and installations at Kure, sinking cargo vessel Himetaka Maru, 34°11'N, 132°31'E.
CHINA THEATER (AAF, China Theater) Fourteenth Air Force: I 28 P-51s
hit rail, river, and road traffic, bridge, and buildings around Hengyang, Hankow,
and Yoyang, attack a bivouac area and HQ E of Changsha, and bomb a troop concentration
and buildings at Yangan. The fighter-bombers pound HQ, buildings, a fortified
compound, barracks, general targets of opportunity around Tartin, and a troop
concentration near Sichuan.
WESTERN PACIFIC [Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb defenses
in the Balikpapan area, P-38s support Australian forces as they complete the
capture of Balikpapan and its oil installations and B-25s hit the Bintula personnel
area. Fighter-bombers hit resistance pockets near Kiangan and
supply areas in the Cervantes sector. B-24s pound Toyohara Airfield on Formosa.
U.S. Army: In U.S. Eighth Army area, RCT 368 of 93d Div takes responsibility for Zamboanga sector on Mindanao plus Palawan, Jolo, and Sanga Sanga, relieving troops of 41st Div, Sixth Army.
On Okinawa, the Okinawa campaign officially ends.
U.S. Navy: Japanese planes attack fleet units patrolling off Okinawa; high speed transport Scribner (APD-122) is narrowly missed by aerial torpedo.
Submarine Apogon (SS-308) damages Japanese auxiliary submarine chasers Cha 58 and Cha 65, 49°28'N, 154°19'E.
Submarine Barb (SS-220) employs rockets in bombardment of Japanese shore installations at Kaihyo Island off the east coast of Karafuto; this is the first successful use of these weapons against shore positions by a U.S. submarine.
Submarines Haddo (SS-255) and Paddle (SS-263) attack Japanese shipping, sinking one unnamed cargo vessel and leaving another drifting, 37°55'N, 124°58'E.
Mines laid by B-29 sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 188 in Sea of Japan, 1.5 kilometers off Mutsure light, 33°59'N, 130°52'E, and damage army motor sailer Nanko Maru, by mine, .5 kilometers off Kammon light. Japanese merchant tanker No.5 Nanki Maru is sunk by marine casualty, 34°18'N, 141°25'E. Marine casualties (most likely groundings or storms) account for damage to cargo ship Awa Maru between Hakodate and Yokohama, and cargo vessel Annette Fritzen at entrance to Pusan harbor, Korea.
USN land-based planes sink Japanese sailing vessel Nishima Maru off Gunzan, west coast of Korea, 35°50'N, 126°30'E, and cargo ship No.12 Shima Maru at 35°43'N, 126°32'E.
RAF:
Lost is C-47 Dakota KN344 pilot F/Lt Charles Raymond Kerferd Young (KIA).
RAAF: Ditched is P-40N Kittyhawk A29-462 (survved).
Australian Army: 7th Div captures Balikpapan and its oil installations; subsequently extends holdings in this area.
