Japanese Plane Bombed Oregon

[thounaojamtom]

there was section in the super sub, however i thought i did share this story with you all.
"The Day a Japanese Plane Bombed Oregon

Thanks to Jack Lehman, Navy Diver (Ret.), for bringing this to my attention. Authored by Norm Goyer, it was found on Aircraft Market Place Blog.


September 9, 1942, the I-25 B1 type Japanese submarine was cruising in an easterly direction raising its periscope occasionally as it neared the United States Coastline. The B1 type was the most numerous class of Japanese submarines. They were fast, long-ranged, and carried a seaplane behind watertight doors, which could be launched on a forward catapult.

The “Glen” was launched via catapult from a I-25 class Japanese submarine.



Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor less than a year ago and the Captain of the attack submarine knew that Americans were watching their coast line for ships and aircraft that might attack our country. Dawn was approaching; the first rays of the sun were flickering off the periscopes lens. Their mission; attack the west coast with incendiary bombs in hopes of starting a devastating forest fire. If this test run were successful, Japan had hopes of using their huge submarine fleet to attack the eastern end of the Panama Canal to slow down shipping from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Japanese Navy had a large number of I-400 submarines under construction. Each capable of carrying three aircraft. Pilot Chief Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita and his crewman Petty Officer Shoji Okuda were making last minute checks of their charts making sure they matched those of the submarine’s navigator".
more reading @ http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/Japan...mb_Oregon.html

[pocoloco]

Nice read, thanks for posting. Donating the sword was very cool gesture by the pilot.

[LoboCanada]

Interesting story, thanks for sharing.

[timetraveller]

The only other occasions that japan managed to bomb America inland was by sending bombs via large balloon by using the wind stream as a source

[LineDoggie]

The only other occasions that japan managed to bomb America inland was by sending bombs via large balloon by using the wind stream as a source

If you dont count Dutch Harbor

http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Pacific/NA50/

[LineDoggie]

And the Japanese Submarine I-17 shelling the Ellwood Oil refinery in California on 23 Feb 1942




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks...ese_operations

[ferguson]

I believe one of the baloons blew up part of a Sunday school class on a picnic.
That was about the total extent.