Hostilities with Japan end officially with the signing of
the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo
Bay on 2 September 1945.
R225
R-boat
Sunk 3 September 1945
R229
R-boat
Is seized as a prize of war by the Danish along with
R230,
R233,
R242
and
R259
on 3 September 1945.
R238
R-boat
Is seized as a prize war by the Russians on 3 September 1945.
Eleventh Air Force. A United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
C-54 on its way from Atsugi to Washington DC refuels at Adak.
The aircraft carries motion pictures of the Japanese surrender
aboard the Missouri on 3 September 1945.
Eleventh Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers fly high altitude photo reconnaissance
of Paramushiru and Shimushu, encountering Soviet fighters
on 4 September 1945.
Eleventh Air Force. A radiogram from Commander North Pacific
(COMNORPAC) officially cancels all further missions on 6 September
1945.
R236
R-boat
Is seized as a prize of war by the Danish on 9 September 1945.
Fifteenth Air Force. Fifteenth Air Force is deactivated in
Italy 15 September 1945.
R214
R-boat
Is seized as a prize of war by the Danish on 21 September
1945.
R263
R-boat
Is seized as a prize war by the Danish 24 September 1945.
R226
R-boat
Is seized as a prize of war by the Danish on 26 September
1945.
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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