October 15, 1945
Today in World War II Pacific History
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MONDAY, 15 OCTOBER 1945

FEAF: The last of eight days of searches are flown by Fifth Air Force aircraft for B-25H 43-4149 missing October 7, 1945.

RAN: War prize A6M3 Zero 3844 is loaded as cargo aboard TSS Wahine at Torokina and departs bound for New Zealand.

USN: A year after F6F Hellcat 58415 went Missing In Action (MIA) pilot Lt(jg) Robert W. Blakeslee is officially declared dead.

USS England (DE-635) is decommissioned and will be sold for scrap.

USMC: Regular reconnaissance flights in the Tokyo area were discontinued and the operations of Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) were confined largely to mail, courier, transport, and training flights.

The administrative authority of the Commanding General, Marine Garrison Forces, 14th Naval District, was extended to embrace all garrisons in the POA except for Fleet Marine Force units, Marine Corps air stations, and shore-based air warning units. The headquarters was redesignated Headquarters, Marine Garrison Forces, Pacific, and the garrison commander became the Commanding General, Marine Garrison Forces, Pacific.