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Kanoya (130.84E
31.39N) was an important Japanese
Army base and naval air station
on Kyushu. There was also a
small training airstrip at nearby Kasanohara.
The airfields (Kanoya and Kanoya East) were became
important kamikaze
bases and were heavily bombarded by B-29s during the Okinawa campaign. They were
also the first airfields on Japan strafed by P-51 Mustangs armed with
5" rockets, which had been
diverted from the original target of Atsugi. The city was an early
objective of OLYMPIC, the first stage of DOWNFALL.
References
Frank (1999)
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