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USAAF Aircraft on Iwo Jima

Communication Directorate

March 1, 1945 | 1:51

U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress and P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft parked at Motoyoma Airfield on Iwo Jima, Japan after U.S. Forces took control of the island during the Pacific Island Hopping Campaign of World War II. Filmed through the hole of a bombed out Japanese radio station. Exact date unknown. Aircraft damage seen. Mount Suribachi in background. Tents. B-29 nose art (Poison Ivy pin-up girl). The Best of World War II - AAFCFS 3666. BC# 248879. ID#: DDDEE-08-0294 / DDDEE080294-T1-28-35_472609

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