Nobuo Fujita was a Japanese naval aviator of the Imperial Japanese Navy who flew a floatplane from the long-range submarine aircraft carrier I-25 and conducted the Lookout Air Raids in southern Oregon on September 9, 1942, making him the only Axis pilot during World War II to aerial bomb the contiguous United States. Using incendiary bombs, his mission was to start massive forest fires in the Pacific Northwest near the city of Brookings, Oregon, with the objective of drawing the U.S. military's resources away from the Pacific Theater. The strategy was also later used in the Japanese fire balloon campaign.
Nobuo Fujita
Japanese submarine I-26. The bulbous plane hangar and the catapult are visible forward of the conning tower.
Nobuo Fujita standing by his Yokosuka E14Y "Glen"
Letter of appreciation from Ronald Reagan to Fujita
I-25 (イ-25) was a B1 type (I-15-class) submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II, took part in the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the only Axis submarine to carry out aerial bombing on the continental United States in World War II, during the so-called Lookout Air Raids, and the shelling of Fort Stevens, both attacks occurring in the state of Oregon.
A Japanese Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarine, believed to be Midget No. 14, is raised from Sydney Harbour on 1 June 1942.
American servicemen inspecting a shell crater after the I-25's attack on Fort Stevens
Warrant Flying Officer Nobuo Fujita.
Nobuo Fujita standing by his Yokosuka E14Y "Glen" seaplane.