![]() |
|
Japanese and Allied Air Forces in the Far East Please use this forum to discuss the Air War in the Far East. |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Executed Japanese Airmen POWs
I'm reading through "Prisoners of the Japanese" by Gavan Daws [Morrow and Co.-1994]. He has an entire page on executed airmen. Some of these I can identify and others remain unknown. Possibly someone can help identify some of these airmen;
(1)"At Bicycle Camp in Batavia, four flyers were kept for months...until one day they were taken away and shot standing in their graves" Presumably RAAF? (2) At Outram Road Jail [Singapore] Japanese airmen did the head-chopping [of downed bomber crews]. Raises the question of which bombers were shot down over Singapore, apart from B-29s and at least one PB4Y-2. (3) In China, at Hankow, three men were tortured then burned alive (4) At Beo, on Talua Island, four men were bayoneted at a ceremonial parade. (5) Near Buin, a man had boiling water poured over him. There are more but i will stop there. The book is reminiscent of "Knights Of Bushido", which I don't have any more. I have a MACR of a B-24 that was shot down over Indo China and the crew was beheaded. Grisly stuff |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Executed Japanese Airmen POWs
Incident 5 "may" have been P-38 pilot Wellman H Huey. (MACR 584)
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-38/huey/index.html Last edited by RSwank; 10th February 2022 at 00:16. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Executed Japanese Airmen POWs
Not sure if it's the same Beo for incident 4: https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/...ia_talaud.html
For Incident 3, this link may provide an answer: http://caforumonline.net/CAFHandlerPDF.ashx?ID=42 Also see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...james-e-forbes For Item 2, there is reference to executed airmen from Outram Road Jail here: http://aircrewremembered.com/haberfi...le-tipaho.html Regards, Leendert Last edited by Leendert; 10th February 2022 at 11:57. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Executed Japanese Airmen POWs
Thank you for the information
|
![]() |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Saburo Sakai | knusel | Japanese and Allied Air Forces in the Far East | 123 | 12th February 2020 10:05 |
Chi Chi Jima incident, Japanese War Crimes | 25Kingman49 | Japanese and Allied Air Forces in the Far East | 19 | 5th January 2018 05:24 |
Japanese aerial exterminating action? | GuerraCivil | Japanese and Allied Air Forces in the Far East | 16 | 25th July 2014 11:10 |
Japan Search for WWII Japanese MIAs in Alaska | Pilot | The Second World War in General | 1 | 29th April 2013 17:31 |
Lost Liberator- August 01. 1943. | Modly | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 8 | 20th February 2005 07:16 |