August 4, 1945
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SATURDAY, 4 AUGUST 1945

Tenth Air Force: The 127th Liaison Squadron (Commando), 155th Liaison Squadron (Commando) and 156th Liaison Squadron (Commando), US Army Forces, Pacific, begin a movement from Kalaikunda, India to Okinawa.

Fourteenth Air Force: Bad weather hampers operations however in China, 4 B-25s damage the Sincheng railroad bridge, 4 B-25s and 2 P-51s bomb Pailochi Airfield and hit trucks in the area, and 7 P-51s damage 12 locomotives between Taiyuan and Tsinan, destroy or damage several trucks near Shihkiachwang, and bomb a bridge near Chihsien. The detachment of the 490th Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment Group, operating from Hsian with B-25s, returns to base at Hanchung.

WESTERN PACIFIC [Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s over Kyushu hit an industrial area near Takanabe, bombing warehouses, factories, a railroad bridge, and marshalling yard. B-25s and P-38s support ground forces on Luzon, hitting Japanese forces near Santa Ines, in the Butitio area, and near Mount Obudan. B-24s support the ground action south of Fabrica. B-24s bomb Miti Airfield. P-38s on a sweep over Singapore claim two Japanese planes downed. The 20th Reconnaissance Squadron (Long Range, Photographic-RCM), 6th Reconnaissance Group, moves from Clark Field to Okinawa with F-7s; the ground echelon of the 36th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Reconnaissance Group, arrives on Okinawa from Clark Field (air echelon at Clark Field until September 1945).

U.S. Army: The 27th Infantry Division reaches Hedo Misake, ending a three and a half month mopping-up action in northern Okinawa that began on May 17, 1945.

U.S. Navy: Japanese merchant tanker Koshin Maru is sunk by mine in Osaka harbor, 34°37'N, 135°18'E. Mines also damage army cargo ship Tensho Maru outside Najin harbor, and merchant tanker No.4 Nanko Maru near Hesaki harbor light.

PBMs sink Japanese vessel No.1 Hanshin Maru off China coast, 32°57'N, 117°26'E.