A Japanese Floatplane From the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Submarine I-25 Drops Bombs on an Oregon State Forest to Start a Forest Fire to Divert American War Resources. September 9, 1942.

Image: Nobuo Fujita standing by his Yokosuka E14Y “Glen” seaplane. (Wikimedia Commons.)

On this day in history, September 9, 1942, a Japanese floatplane from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s submarine I-25 drops incendiary bombs on an Oregon state forest to start a massive forest fire to divert American war resources. This was the first air attack on the Uni…