| Caption | A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs. Ground personnel wait behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off. ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force | |||||||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 24 Apr 1945 | |||||||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Iwo Jima, Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||||||
| Added Date | 30 Dec 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | |||||||||||||||
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