The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-13
Yonk Planes Rake Japan
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 as saying that the Japanese were not putting up anywhere near SC much opposition as in the past.
 Neither were any Japanese planes seen in the air over Japan. How ever, number attacked the Third Fleets carriers. Several were shot down between 5 a. m. and 2 p. m. the dispatch said.
 Bad weather over Tokyo itself prevented most Allied planes from getting through to the capital SC the pilots hit coastal airt1elds and targets of opportunity. Hit Sub Base
 One force hit a submarine base at Shimoda on Sagami Bay south of Tokyo with 1,000-pound bombs. It. G.g) Francis Yurrell of Q130 Whittier street) Winthrop, Mass, dropped a bomb between two sub- marines moored close together.
 Other forces attacked Kiryu and Nagano airf1elds, 55 and 110 miles northwest of Tokyo respectively. Pilots said they had good hunting" i"
 The carrier planes began their assault at dawn after Japanese air. craft made an abortive attack on the fleet and another torpedoed a major American warship anchored in Buckner Bay at Okinawa Sum- day.
 Extent of damage to the warship, presumably a carrier or battle ship. was not determined immedi- ately.
 Ds A Japanese communique said Japanese submarines sank large sized plane carrier used by hydro planes" of southeast Okinawa last night.
 With the Tokyo raid, the Third Fleet ended respite that had pre- vailed since a few hours before Japan announced her surrender of fer Friday night
 Critical Target
 A dispatch from the fleet said the main target of the American and British planes was "a vital war plant-a plan the Japanese must have if they decideto continue the war"
 Radio Tokyo said $50 carrier planes attacked the Tokyo Yoko- hama district in six waves between $40 and 10:30 a. m., concentrating on airfleldS, war plants, communi- cations and outlying cities.
 Among cities attacked, Tokyo said, were Kasumigaura, Utusuno-Miya, Choishi, Tateyama, Kisarazu, Ma gano and Hachioji. Tokyo said eight of the raiders had been shot down and 16 others crippled.
 The Third Fleet dispatch said the Japanese attacked its warships with torpedo planes and bombers in the pre-dawn darkness. One torpedo plane was shot down and others were beaten off.
 It was only the second time since Halsey moved into the Japanese home waters July 10 that the enemy has dared challeneg the Third Fleet. Today's attack appeared on larger scale than the first, in which sui- eide planes struck last Thursday without causing damage. P
 Typhoons Present
 The dispatch said typhoons had prevented the fleet from attacking Japan over the weekend. There was no official relaxation of its off, ensive against Japan by reason of hay cI,rrayHEar ofTar ro;S
 The American warship damaged at Okinawa was hit by a torpedo dropped by a single Japanese plane at 10:30 p. m. Sunday. The enemy raider by single Japanese plane at 10:30 p. m. Sunday. The enemy raider escaped in the darkness. There was no word of the extent of American casualties.
 Planes of the Third Fleet destroy- ed or damaged I'll Japanese planes and 94 enemy ships in their sweep over a 400-mile stretch of Honshu last Thursday and Friday, Nimitz disclosed.
 Navy Liberators under his com- mand accounted for another IS Jap- anese vessels in the Tsushima Strait between Korea and Japan, the Yel- low Sea and of the China coast Thursday through Sunday, Nimitz said
 Sink Vessels
 Gen. Donglas Macarthur an- nounced that 400 bomber from Oki- nawa sank or damaged heavily Is Japanese vessels and spread des- truction through the Kure Naval | Base on Honshu and installations | on Kyushu Saturday. Targets for today's attacks by Okinawa-based planes were not an- nounced immediately, but MacAr- thur said the systemaic reduction | of Japanese military targets would | proceed "uninterruptedly." Tokyo broadcasts said 70 Super- fortresses with an escort of IS Thunderbolts bomber and strafed on the west coast of | Shikoku at 10 .. m. Sunday. Five other B-20s and IS Thunderbolts operated over the Ito Sea between shikoiu and Honshu presumably mines. Tokyo said. There was 10. confirmation 0f the enemy account. .. s. Strategic Air Forces said superfortresses were not .Mm.I ..H 1. Al.