Other Flying reports from the 1940s
2 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.

Other Flying · 沖縄本島, 沖縄県 · 1945
Witnesses report seeing strange humanoid beings with large leathery wings near military installations during the Battle of Okinawa.

Other Flying · Papua Niugini · 1940s
Witness reports that [name] and his co-pilot saw a large flying creature fly low over them on a beach in Papua New Guinea during World War II.