Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Lookout Air Raids were minor but historic Japanese air raids that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings during World War II. This was the only time during World War II that mainland America suffered an air raid attack by enemy forces.On September 9, 1942, a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y floatplane launched from a Japanese submarine and dropped two incendiary bombs with the intention of starting a forest fire. Thanks to a patrol of fire lookouts and favorable weather conditions the damage done by the attack was minor. The attack was the first time the continental United States was bombed by an enemy aircraft and the second time that the mainland USA was bombed by a foreign power, the first being the bombing of Naco, Arizona by Patrick Murphy.. }
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- Lookout_Air_Raids abstract "The Lookout Air Raids were minor but historic Japanese air raids that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings during World War II. This was the only time during World War II that mainland America suffered an air raid attack by enemy forces.On September 9, 1942, a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y floatplane launched from a Japanese submarine and dropped two incendiary bombs with the intention of starting a forest fire. Thanks to a patrol of fire lookouts and favorable weather conditions the damage done by the attack was minor. The attack was the first time the continental United States was bombed by an enemy aircraft and the second time that the mainland USA was bombed by a foreign power, the first being the bombing of Naco, Arizona by Patrick Murphy.".