A formation of Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver dive bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) fly over the U.S. Navy fleet on the way to attack targets on Iwo Jima in February 1945. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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B-29 Superfortress “The Cultured Vulture” from the 39th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group photographed on Iwo Jima in March 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Vought OS2U Kingfisher is recovered by the U.S. Navy battleship USS Texas off the shore of Iwo Jima in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A pilot from 333rd Ftr Sq, 318th FG flies his damaged P-38 Lightning “Ripper” back to Saipan after an attack on Iwo Jima. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
P-51 Mustang “My Girl” prepares for takeoff from Iwo Jima. From this hard-won base on Iwo Jima, U.S. Air Force fighters escorted the B-29 Superfortresses on bombing missions to Japan, and also attacked the Japanese...
The B-29 Superfortress “Dinah Might” — the first crippled B-29 to make an emergency landing on Iwo Jima during WWII — is surrounded by Marines and Seabees on March 4, 1945. (Department of Defense...
B-29 Superfortress emergency landing on island of Iwo Jima. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)