Jap plane flies over Hobart

[Mike Kelly]

https://soundcloud.com/936-abc-hobar...ew-over-hobart

[Mike Kelly]

Further investigation has me thinking the aircraft would have been a IJN "GLEN" reconnaissance. Maybe that chap was dreaming it all while dozing on the verandah . Something I never knew, if you can believe WIKI , one of these planes bombed mainland USA, Oregon , dropping two incendiary bombs , with hopes of starting a forest fire.

[motto]

I believe the official records show that the IJN had at least one aircraft equipped submarine operating off the Australian coast. IIRC a reconnaissance flight over Sydney took place at around the time of the submarine attack.
Why they would bother looking at Hobart I don't know.

David

[Mike Kelly]

Reminds me of when I was in Hobart , 1991 or around then. Sitting at anchor in the Derwent river at the time was the USS Missouri , the famous WW2 surrender battleship with MacArthur and all those generals lined up on the deck. Big big ship, there were pimple faced US sailors running all around Hobart . The 1942 Japs were looking for the Cadbury chocolate factory

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Dave,

There was a steady stream of cargo shipping moving via Tasmania/Hobart during the war picking up agricultural & mining product, much of it destined for the UK.

There was also the occasional troop transport unit 'pickup/setdown', too as there had been in WW1.

I suppose it was worth a look as a possibly lightly defended potential target.

Mike

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Hi Dave,

There was a steady stream of cargo shipping moving via Tasmania/Hobart during the war picking up agricultural & mining product, much of it destined for the UK.


Mike

Apples and more apples - ship loads of them were transported to the UK until the UK joined the European common market , late 1960's. Result, the Tasmanian apple industry took a deep downhill turn , many orchards were ripped out. I recall the Aust. Govt. was not too happy, they sent off the trade minister ( Andrew Peacock ? ), he had serious heated discussions with the brits to no avail, they kicked Tassie badly.