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Caption | A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashing during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima, 24 Apr 1945, running into nine P-51 Mustang fighters ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Iwo Jima, Japan | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 Apr 1945 | ||||||||||||
Photographer | Moser | ||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||||||
Link to Source | Link | ||||||||||||
Identification Code | SC 230293 | ||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 24 Apr 1945 | ||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||||
Photo Size | 5,704 x 4,472 pixels |
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