Location
Island off China. 250 mile long. During WWII, known as 'Formosa'.

History
Occupied by the Japanese prior to the war, it produced sugar and rice that was exported to Japan, and many of these sugar mills were converted to produce butanol, for aviation gasoline. Factories refined a tenth of Japan's aluminium. Takasago Giyutai (Taiwan Battalion) Taiwanese native people who volunteered to join the Japanese Army. The island contained aproximatly fifty wartime airfields. Towards the end of the war, it came under air attack from Allied aircraft, but was never invaded.

Kagi
Large town in central Formosa with rail marshalling yard.

Shoka
Town with rail yards. Strike photo via 'Ken' Barber, 17th TRG B-25 pilot.

American Missions Against Shoka
April 15 - June 19, 1945

Chosu
Town with rail yards, warehouses, and factories, radio station and power facilities.

February 20, 1945
(FEAF) 63 B-25's of the 345th BG and the 38th BG and covered by 32 P-47 's of the 35th FG took off from Clark Field and hit Chosu town and rail road yard. One B-25 was lost and one P-47 was lost.

Okayama Airfield
Shenei, Shoka

Tainan Airfield
Japanese airfield

Takao
Harbor.

Koryu Airfield
Japanese wartime airfield

Yulin Kan Bay
Staging point for Japanese shipping from Indo-China and Hong Kong.

P-47D "Nancie-A" Serial Number ?
Pilot Prizzia MIA February 20, 1945

Kobi
Pronounced 'Kobe'.

American Missions against Kobi
January 4, 1944 - June 23, 1945

January 4, 1944
F6F Hellcats escort TBF Avengers attacking Kobi area.

May, 27, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s and fighter-bombers attack

June 23, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb a butanol plant at Kobi, Formosa

F6F-5 Hellcat Bureau Number 71441
Pilot August, Force landed January 4, 1945, captured intact

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009