4 Nov 1944
United States
United States
- A floating rubberized silk balloon envelope was recovered by a US Navy patrol craft inshore of California’s Channel Islands. This balloon had been launched three days earlier from Ichinomiya, Japan carrying only radio equipment to assess the speeds of the high-altitude winds. ww2dbase [Channel Islands, California | DS]
- A floating rubberized silk balloon envelope was recovered by a US Navy patrol craft inshore of California’s Channel Islands. This balloon had been launched three days earlier from Ichinomiya, Japan carrying only radio equipment to assess the speeds of the high-altitude winds. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Channel Islands, California | DS]
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