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| Location Lat 35° 34' 0N Long 139° 43' 60E Ōmori 大森 is located at an elevation of 13' / 3m above sea level and today is a district in Ota-ku on Honshu in Japan. Also spelled Omori. To the north is Shinagawa and beyond Tokyo. To the southeast is Haneda Airfield and to the south is Kawasaki. Tōkyū Kurogane Kōgyō (Tokyu Kurogane Industries) Factory in Ōmori manufactured cars including the Type 95 (1935) Korogane/Yonki/Daruma, motorcycles and three-wheeled sanrin for the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Omori POW Camp Omori POW Camp was constructed on a man-made island in Tokyo Bay at Omori, Iriarai-machi near Tokyo in Japan. Also known as "Omori Camp", "Omori Headquarters Camp" or "Tokyo Base Camp #1" or "Tokyo Main Camp". Construction Omori Camp was built on a man made island surrounded by Tokyo Bay. The camp was built by labor from Shinagawa Camp and completed by July 20, 1943. Wartime History Operated by the Japanese as a POW Camp for Allied prisoners of war. Known to the Japanese as Tokyo Base Camp #1, Tokyo Main Camp (Omori) or Nippon Tsuun. Also known as Omori Prisoner Camp. After Japan's surrender the Omori was liberated in September 1945. American Prisoners of War (POW) interred at Omori Camp Lt(jg) Charles V. August pilot F6F Hellcat 71441 force landed January 4, 1945, liberated Major Williston M. Cox pilot B-25D 41-30118 ditched August 5, 1943, liberated SSgt Francis L. Mc Eowen gunner B-25C 42-53354 crashed September 11, 1943, liberated LCDR David A. Hurt captain USS Perch SS-176 captured March 1, 1942 iberated Sgt Olinto F. Lodovici tail gunner B-29 "Haley's Comet" 42-24616 crashed January 27, 1945 Col Marion D. Unruh pilot B-24D "Pretty Prairie Special" 41-24186 arrived February 17, 1944 later to Rokuroshi 2nd Lt. Jack K. Wisener bombardier B-17F "Georgia Peach 41-24454 arrived late 1943, liberated 1st Lt. Louis Zamperini bombardier B-24D "Green Hornet" 41-24212 from Ofuna Sept 1944 until February 1945 Captain George K. O'Neil observer B-24J 44-40783 Sept 1944, liberated References Mansell - Omori - Tokyo Base Camp #1 Contribute
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