FRI 29 JUN 1945
Pacific
Twenty-five USAAF B-29s (20th Air Force) mine Shimonoseki Straits and the waters off Maizuru and Sakata, Japan. Mines laid by B-29s in these and previous plants sink merchant cargo ship Kyokuto Maru off Mutsure, and damage naval vessel Soshu Maru two kilometers off Tsuruga light, 35°41'N, 136°05'E, merchant cargo ships Akizuki Maru in Tsuruga harbor and 1 Nichiyu Maru at 34°04'N, 130°52'E, and Hiyoriyama Maru outside Sakai harbor.
PB4Y-2s (VPB 118), flying from Okinawa, continue aerial mining of waters of Korean archipelago, sowing mines in fields off Gyuji-To, Jobai-To, and Toso-To.
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