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In the East China Sea... The Japanese battleship Yamato is sighted by planes from the American carrier groups which attack the battleship in two waves, involving 380 aircraft. The
Yamato suffers 10 torpedo hits and 5 bomb hits before sinking.
Some 2498 Japanese are killed on board the battleship. The planes, from
US Task Force 58 , also sink the Japanese cruiser Yahagi and 4
destroyers accompanying the battleship. A total of 10 planes are lost.
In the Ryukyu Islands... Japanese Kamikaze attacks damage the carrier USS
Hancock and the battleship Maryland as well as other ships.
Over Japan... American P-51 Mustang fighters, based on Iwo
Jima, escort B-29 Superfortress bombers on a raid to Tokyo.
On the Western Front... Most of US 1st and 9th Armies are heavily engaged around the Ruhr pocket. Among the gains in the Allied advance to the east is
Gottingen. Free French paratroops are dropped north of Zuider Zee in
Holland.
Over Germany... RAF Mosquito bombers raid Berlin from bases on
the continent, for the first time. American bombers strike airfield and
railway targets. |
