BOMBS OVER AUSTRALIA (MOSSMAN) LT KIYOSHI MIZUKURA

At 3.30am on 31 July 1942, a Japanese aircraft under the command of Sub Lt Mizukura dropped eight bombs over Mossman, Australia, one landing on a farm house. A child who was asleep in the house received a wound to the head from shrapnel which pierced the house and smashed a number of windows. The bomb left a large crater seven meters across and one meter deep. The other seven bombs, which were intended to be dropped on the township of Mossman landed somewhere else. However to this day, no evidence has come forward to support where they landed.

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[bataanorion]

Loaded aboard their plane were eight 250 kilogram bombs. One bomb was dropped on the farm house just outside of Mossman, the remaining seven were never located. What really was their target? Was it Mossman, or was it Cairns aerodrome? Film Director Rainer Loeser new trailer under United Movietone Pictures.

[bataanorion]

Film Director Rainer Loeser under United Movietone Pictures is in Townsville, Australia, shooting another WW2 documentary. 'Yanks In Townsville' During 1942, Townsville became a Garrison Town. More than 90,000, U.S troops were stationed there.

[bataanorion]

Rainer Loeser film Director is currently in the Philippines shooting the horror movie' DARKEST NIGHT' WITH DJ Perry, under Gothic Productions International.

[bataanorion]

According to Film Director Rainer Loeser, Sub Lt Kiyoshi Mizukura with a crew of 10 took off in their Kawanishi H8KI flying boat from their home base in Rabaul to Australia. They arrived back in Rabaul after a 17 hour flight. New trailer from United Movietone Pictures.

[bataanorion]

The front page of the August 3, 1942, edition of the Japanese-controlled, English-language Bangkok Times, reported the raid on Townsville and Mossman. Film Director Rainer Loeser under United Movietone Pictures new trailer is the story of the raid over Mossman, Australia.

[bataanorion]

Film Director Rainer Loeser under United Movietone Pictures new trailer is 'Bombs Over Australia' Great trailer, awesome shots, excellent editing from this Director.

[needlenardlenoo]

The remaining 7 bombs were located, it's all recorded in the Australian Archives in Canberra. They found the craters some 2 weeks later and a full report was made by an Aust army survey team. This aircraft was heading for Townsville to bomb there a fourth time and it experienced engine difficulties so they decided to jettison near the first sign of a town. This has been extensively written about and researched. I mentioned this here a few months ago but the comment was taken down, wonder why?

[2001mako]

could the farm house be the same distance from the mill as the distance from a cairns mill to the tanks at edge hill.these tanks held fuel for ships that docked in cairns