17 May 1945
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- 470 American B-29 bombers conducted a raid on Nagoya, Japan. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | CPC]
- P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft began to arrive at Ie Shima, Japan. They would start operating against the Japanese home islands on the following day. ww2dbase [CPC]
- US Navy carrier aircraft attacked Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Kurt Blome was arrested by the US Counter Intelligence Corps in München (Munich), Germany. ww2dbase [Kurt Blome | München, München-Oberbayern | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Single day maximum of catapult launches (22). ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Miami arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Miami | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Sasebo, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze departed Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- In Japan, after a vicious 48-hour battle the Okinawan capital, Naha, was captured by the Americans. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | Naha, Okinawa | AC]
- Yukio Araki and the 72nd Shinbu Squadron arrived at Metabaru Airfield in Saga Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Yukio Araki | Yoshinogari, Saga | CPC]
- Air Group 87 aircraft from USS Ticonderoga struck Taroa, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Taroa | DS]
- Mexican 201st Expeditionary Squadron with P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft began operations from Clark Field in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Clark Field | Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Angeles, Pampanga | CPC]
- Kamikaze departed Penang, Straits Settlements and rescued 320 survivors of sunken Haguro in the Strait of Malacca. She then set for Singapore. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Penang | CPC]
- B-24 bombers of US 380th Bomb Group attacked Matsuyama Airfield in Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Matsuyama Airfield | Taihoku | CPC]
- 2 B-25 bombers of 71st Bombardment Squadron of USAAF 38th Bombardment Group dropped 12 500-pound parafrag bombs and propaganda leaflets on the Keishu sugar plant in Shoka (now Changhua), Taiwan at 1015 hours. ww2dbase [Shoka, Taichu | CPC]
- The first Firebrand TF.IV aircraft, equipped with Bristol Centaurus IX engine, took its first flight. ww2dbase [Firebrand | AC]
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