June 8th, 1945 (FRIDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Corvette HMCS Snowberry paid off and returned to RN at Rosyth.
JAVA SEA: British submarine Trenchant torpedoes the Japanese cruiser Ashigara. She was evacuating soldiers from Batavia to Japan.JAPAN: Carrier-based aircraft of the USN's Task Groups 38.1 and 38.4 attack the Kanoya Airdrome complex on Kyushu Island, Japan attempting to hinder kamikaze missions.
PACIFIC OCEAN: Admirable-class minesweeper USS Salute sunk by mine S of Borneo.
TERRITORY OF ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: Four Lockheed PV-2 Harpoons of Patrol Bombing Squadron One Hundred Thirty Nine (VPB-139), based at Casco Field, Naval Air Station (NAS) Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, attack Shimushu Island, Kurile Islands; two aircraft attack Kataoka on the island.
CANADA: Destroyer HMCS Hamilton paid off.
Minesweeper HMCS Burlington departed St John's for new homeport of Halifax.