Italy operation to bomb the USA during WW2

IIRC, the Italian job was briefly detailed in a History Channel program about the German plans to attack America.

Flying boats refuelded by subs.
Recall in the 30s, the Iralians had some capable flying boats & the famous Balbo (sp?) flight.

Dear Member,

No it was Italian.

Can you please elaborate…….???

Besides the Japanese, the German’s also had a plan to bomb the US staging through some Latin American area.

Jack E. Hammond

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I’ve heard of Japanese plans (balloons + Seiran & I-400) and German (Amerika Bomber) – but not of Italian plans….

I’d be interested to find out.

Ken

Could you perhaps be thinking of Japan? The Japanese definitely had a plan to bomb the locks of the Panamas Canal using special floatplanes launched from submarines but it never happened.

Colin

Dear Member,

No it was Italian. Besides the Japanese, the German’s also had a plan to bomb the US staging through some Latin American area.

Jack E. Hammond

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Could you perhaps be thinking of Japan? The Japanese definitely had a plan to bomb the locks of the Panamas Canal using special floatplanes launched from submarines but it never happened.

Colin

Aichi M6A ‘Seiran’ floatplanes – launched from I-400 class submarine….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-400_class_submarine

Ken

I once watched a documentary about how the Japanese bombed mainland USA by launching balloons with a bomb attached from Japan and letting them float all the way over the Pacific, accuracy was not very important obviously.

Paul

Breaking News: Japanese bomb Oregon on Sept 9th 1942!

http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/bomboregon.html

Could you perhaps be thinking of Japan? The Japanese definitely had a plan to bomb the locks of the Panamas Canal using special floatplanes launched from submarines but it never happened.

Colin