Army Air Force, China Theatre. General Stratemeyer officially
assumes command as Commanding General Army Air Force China
Theatre. He arrives in China several days later.
Fourteenth Air Force. 98 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters over
Indochina and South and East China continue to disrupt Japanese
retreat and hit transport and supply targets. Rail, road,
and river traffic, coastal shipping, bridges, troops, Japanese
held areas, and general targets are blasted at many locations
chiefly around Kweilin, Kukong, Yangso, Haiphong, and Hanoi.
On this date General Chennault, Commanding General Fourteenth
Air Force, requests permission to retire, which is soon granted.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
fighter-bombers continue to support ground forces North of
Kiangan and bomb town of Mankayan. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
bomb Heito, Fyutan, and Taien airfields and A-26 Invader light
bombers pound Taito railroad yards. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
over Borneo bomb Bandjermasin warehouses, Tandjoengredeb buildings,
Samarinda shipyards, and Balikpapan and Manggar areas. P-51
Mustang fighter-bombers hit transportation targets in Kagoshima
Bay area.
Twentieth Air Force. Taking off during late evening hours
of 6 July 1945, 517 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-29
Superfortress heavy bomber's drop incendiaries on Chiba, Akashi,
Shimizu, and Kofu between 0700 and 0800 on
7
July 1945. 59 others bomb Maruzen Oil Refinery at Osaka
during the same hour.
VII Fighter Command. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
fighters from Iwo Jima hit targets (mainly airfields) in Japan,
including Kumagaya, Yamagata, and Chiba.
Go To: 7th
July
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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