[Milsurplus] Question ( RBS; submarine )

[George Babits]

As I recall, a jap sub also shelled Astoria, Oregon.  I got that from a B-17 
pilot who at the time was an aircraft mechanic in the AAF in Portland or 
Hillsboro.  He was working on an A-26 when they got the word.  A pilot 
"conscripted" him to go with him taking an A-26 after the sub.  I can't 
remember if he said they found the sub or not.  Those subs off the Pacific 
NW coast were mostly launching "fire baloons" trying to burn the forests. 
If I am not mistaken there were one or two children killed by one of those 
baloons.  The pilot was so impressed with his abilities that he recommended 
him for pilot training for which he was accepted.  After training, he went 
to Foggia,Italy, as a replacement pilot for the 15 AF.  He was stationed 
about 100 miles north of where my father was a pilot with the 449th heavy 
bombardment group (B-24).  .

73,
George
W7HDL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Question ( RBS; submarine )


> On 25 Aug 2016 at 15:22, Hubert Miller wrote:
>
>> If the sub was unable to reload the plane, they would have sunk it at 
>> sea.
>> -H
>
> Well, a Japanese submarine DID shell an oil refineray on the California 
> coast. And then
> there were the I-400 series subs to consider.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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