Recollection of B-29
Chapter 3

3. OKAZAKI air fleet (navy) and P-51 shooting down information

The aerial photo of the OKAZAKI air fleet at Mar 12 1945 American air force shot.

It is thought that have this photo and the Chism lieutenant took off the Iwo island. There the attack goal (black circle and square area) of the OKAZAKI air fleet are reflected clearly.

I was the survey of recently and knew that P-51 of 4 machine was shot down near the OKAZAKI air fleet. Even the person who knows the air fleet which transiently disappeared with the end of the war decreases year by year. I pray the happiness in the other world of the P-51pilot and navy aviation member that disappeared into the sea. And, I disclose it to the safe returning alive confirmation commemoration of the Chism lieutenant including this photo and my recollection.

The OKAZAKI air fleet the U. S. armed forces occupied after the end of the war it was returned soon.

1)Address
It is the area as many as Okazaki-city furthermore present Anjou-cityi, Toyota-cityi. The area is 4,460,000 square km. The construction started in 1942 and finished in 1944.

2)Situation of the corps
As for the golden age, there were 10,000 navies. The purpose is the training of a pilot. Hurry the excellent youngster who collected it from the whole country and make a pilot and sent it to a battlefield. There was the boy who the last stage became a KAMIKAZE special attack corps. There was a runway in the center. The south the 1st (ANJYOU-city), north the 2nd (TOYOTA-city), the eastern part are the 3rd (OKAZAKI city) a flying corps.

3)My memory
The end of the war after soon R-1 an OKAZAKI area from a jeep the U. S. armed forces came to the head. Where it climbed the slope of the UTO town the party stops the line and heard a way. The student of the OKAZAKI junior high school told the way to the air fleet. The scene is printed on the eyelid. It becomes terrible and a child escapes everyone and hide quietly and looked it.

R-1 before the house that I lived Nagoya direction toward the right obliquely the military road the route to the air fleet goes ahead. When a little of there enters it was seen the barracks of the air fleet. The memory that entered into the air fleet for the first time was after return. There were barracks and hangar in both sides of the military road of wide gravel for that time. There was the trainer called a red dragonfly into the hangar. The antiaircraft gun and other cartridges were in the open space between the barracks and barracks a pile. The cartridge has been picked up and strike and explode and there was the friend who the finger flew. Even I have picked up it. I discarded it to fire prevention water for irrigation quietly after the event.

Also the airplane that was left was broken. I steal the part.Mainly breaking the glass of the window it brings it. It became instead of candle at the time of a power failure.

Also the airplane had been hidden in the cave of the shrine of a village. These wreckage stripped off the thing that becomes the playground of a child and want daylong and also made a position and played. I removed an inverter and had many years. I think that there was radio device etc. Bringing it many I hid it under the floor of my house. After that the Korean War broke out. As for these junks all the recycling homes had bought it. The price was my first income.

That time was lacking food. Even school children planted a potato and soybean in the former site of the air fleet. We carried the soybean and carried to the school. When we arrive at the school there were not all the beans.

4)Monument of the air fleet
There is the superb monument that the aviation member in that time assembles in the park of the MASUZUKA town of Toyota-City.(Photo reference)



P-51 Mustang shooting down information
I report the information of P-51 that shooting down was confirmed in the Okazaki air fleet area. Even the Okazaki air fleet seems to have been making efforts fairly.
Case 1
Shooting down: Jan 15 1945 Okazaki air fleet
Crash point(Old address): Oaza Ozaki Yahagi-town Hekikaigun Aichi-Pref, PX building within the 1st Okazaki air fleet
Pilot: Paul E. Chism lieutenant, Okazaki air fleet arrest, Returning alive via the Ofuna prisoners camp

Case 2
Shooting down: Jul 20. 1945 Okazaki air fleet
Crash point(Old address): Oaza simosasaki yahagi-town Hekikaigun Aich-Pref
Pilot: Jack H. Colle lieutenant, Instantaneous death with the body at the time of the crash
Body: Burial to RENGEJI (temple) of Nisihongou Yahagi-town/American soldier collection after the end of the war.

Case 3
Shooting down: Jul 20. 1945
Crash point(Old address): Oaza Anjyo Hakikaigun Aich-Pref
Pilot: Joe walker lieutenant, Instantaneous death with the body at the time of the crash
Body: Burial to RENGEJI (temple) of Nisihongou Yahagi-town/American soldier collection after the end of the war.

Case 4
Shooting down: Jan 15 1945 Okazaki air fleet
Crash point(Old address): Indistinct, Even if it investigates it at the same time as case 1 crash point indistinct. Judge as a sea crash and investigation completion.
Pilot: Ronald E. Jhonston second lieutenant
Body: Indistinct,



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