August 27, 1945
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MONDAY, 27 AUGUST 1945

CENTRAL PACIFIC Twentieth Air Force: B-29s begin supplying Prisoners Of War Camps (POW Camps) and internee camps in Japan, China and Korea with medical supplies, food, and clothing. The first supply drop to Weihsien Internment Camp (Weihsien Camp) in Weifang followed by a concentrated effort of 900 sorties in a period of less than a month with 4,470 tons of supplies are dropped to about 63,500 prisoners in 154 camps.

WESTERN PACIFIC: HQ XIII Bomber Command from Morotai to Clark Field; and 67th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier Group, from Clark Field to Iwo Jima with C-46s.

USN: Third Fleet under Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. enters Sagami Bay, the outer portion of Tokyo Bay.

Japanese submarine I-14 surrenders to destroyers Murray (DD-576) and Dashiell (DD-659) east of northern Honshu. Prize crew from destroyer escort Bangust (DE-739) boards I-14 about 450 miles east of Nojima Zaki.

USN: Avengers from USS Bennington (CV-20) spot Japanese submarine I-400 that surrenders to destroyers USS Blue (DD-744) and USS Mansfield (DD-728) east of northern Honshū. A boarding party from destroyer escort USS Weaver (DE-741) boards the submarine.

PB4Y from FAW-18 lands at Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo, because of mechanical difficulties. No Japanese approach the plane, which takes off the same day and returns safely to Iwo Jima.

Japanese submarine I-14 spotted by U.S. Navy (USN) carrier planes surrenders to destroyers Murray (DD-576) and Dashiell (DD-659) roughly 227 miles northeast of Tokyo. A boarding party from destroyer escort Bangust (DE-739) boards the submarine to accept the surrender and collect the officer's swords roughly 450 miles east of Nojima Zaki. Afterwards, the destroyers escort I-14 to the mouth of Sagami Bay.

PB4Y from Fleet Air Wing 18 (FAW-18) suffers mechanical issues and lands at Atsugi Airfield. No Japanese approach the plane, which takes off that same day and returns to Iwo Jima.

USMC: The forward echelon of Marine Bombing Squadron 611 (VMB-611) departs for Peleliu to join the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW-4).