STORY SUPPORTED
FLIGHT OVER SYDNEY DURING WAR SYDNEY, July 17. A claim that a Japanese airman flew over Sydney on May 29, 1942, is supported by a newspaper columnist, who says that the Japanese was alone in the air and was spotted as soon as he arrived at 2 a.m. He came over at a great height, dropped to about 1000 ft, circled the American cruiser Chicago, flew over the harbour bridge and “had a good look see.” The Columnist says that the Japanese plane was a copy of the United States Sikorsky single float planes, some of which had arrived in Sydney a few days previously. Spotters reported the Japanese machine as a Sikorsky, after which radar traced him up toward Newcastle to an eventual landing on water. Meanwhile the gun control officer telephoned the United States forces to find out whether any of their planes were up. Information came back very quickly that the plane was not American, after which our forces had no doubt it was a Japanese plane. By that time it was out of range. The columnist says it was probably on the information of the pilot that the midget submarines made straight for the Chicago, which their torpedoes missed narrowly.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 67, Issue 236, 18 July 1947, Page 3
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