Lt Fred Eberle of the USAAF 333rd Fighter Squadron nursing his damaged P-38 Lighting back to Saipan after receiving battle damage over Iwo Jima, 15 Jan 1945. Photo taken from an accompanying B-24 Liberator.

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Caption     Lt Fred Eberle of the USAAF 333rd Fighter Squadron nursing his damaged P-38 Lighting back to Saipan after receiving battle damage over Iwo Jima, 15 Jan 1945. Photo taken from an accompanying B-24 Liberator. ww2dbase
Date 15 Jan 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
18 Aug 2017 08:55:48 PM

Note the hole in the right wing and the feathered left engine with missing propeller hub. The official USAAF caption for this photo notes that this required “a four hour and 40 minute grueling over-water flight, longer than the distance from London to Berlin.”

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