15 Jan 1945
United States
United States
- Shortly after sunset in Ventura County, California, a Japanese 15kg anti-personnel bomb exploded in the riverbed of the Santa Clara River between Oxnard and Saticoy. The bomb came from a paper balloon of Operation Fu-Go which landed later that night about 15 miles farther inland near Moorpark, California. ww2dbase [Saticoy, California | DS]
- Shortly after sunset in Ventura County, California, a Japanese 15kg anti-personnel bomb exploded in the riverbed of the Santa Clara River between Oxnard and Saticoy. The bomb came from a paper balloon of Operation Fu-Go which landed later that night about 15 miles farther inland near Moorpark, California. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Saticoy, California | DS]
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