Death From Above

THU 8 MAR 1945
General
Inter-American Conference, in session at Mexico City since 21 February 1945, ends.

Europe
Submarine chaser PC-564 engages German minesweepers M 412, M 432, M 442 and M 452 and nine smaller craft off Chaussey. The Germans are bound for the port of Granville, France (see 9 March).

Pacific
Covered lighter YF-926 being towed to Pearl Harbor, T.H., founders in heavy weather and sinks.

USAAF aircraft sink Japanese landing ship T.143 off Formosa, 23°35'N, 121°35'E.

Japanese guardboat No.3 Daikoku Maru is sunk by U.S. aircraft east of Ogari Jima.

Japanese merchant cargo ship Toyo Maru is sunk by aircraft off Hankow, China.

USAAF aircraft (5th Air Force) sink Japanese merchant cargo ship I shima Maru, 22°34'N, 114°53'E.

USAAF B-24s (14th Air Force) sink Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.69 southeast of Hainan Island 19°02'N, 111°50'E (see 16 March).

Navy PBMs bomb Japanese convoy, sinking cargo vessel No.21 Yusen Maru off Chinman Tao, 24°27'N, 118°19'E.

USAAF B-24s (10th Air Force) attack Japanese shipping in Andaman Sea, sinking cargo vessel Hoyo Maru, 13°00'N, 98°00'E.

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese shipping at Hong Kong, sinking guardboat Hyushin Maru off St. John Island 21°42'N, 112°44'E.

USAAF P-51s (14th Air Force) attack Japanese shipping in the Yangtze, off Hankow, sinking cargo vessel Toyo Maru (ex-Chinese Tang Yang), 30°33'N, 114°17'E.

Japanese cargo vessel Kwan-Shan Maru is sunk by mine off Kiangyin, China, 31°55'N, 120°16'E.