A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashing during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima, Japan, 24 Apr 1945, running into nine P-51 Mustang fighters; note ground personnel waiting behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off before approaching

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Caption     A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashing during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima, Japan, 24 Apr 1945, running into nine P-51 Mustang fighters; note ground personnel waiting behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off before approaching ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Iwo Jima, Japan
Date 24 Apr 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps via Flickr
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   A-68044AC
 
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P-51 Mustang   Main article  Photos  Maps  
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Jeep   Main article  Photos  
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Photos on Same Day 24 Apr 1945
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 2,637 x 1,874 pixels



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WW2-Era Location Name:
Iwo Jima, Japan

Latitude-Longitude:
24.7842, 141.3225

Foto Aleatória

Polish resistance fighters Wlodzimierz Denkowski (with Thompson submachine gun), Lech Zubrzycki, Jan Baginski, and Zygmunt Siennicki (with MP35 submachine gun) of the Kedyw (Directorate of Sabotage) on Stawki Street in Wola district, Warsaw, Poland, circa 11 Aug 1944

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James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945


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