A gun crew from the 864th Antiaircraft Battery mans a 40mm antiaircraft gun at Isley Field on Saipan, Mariana Islands in July 1944. Thunderbolts and Avengers are visible in the background. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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The pilot of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt “Miss Mary Lou” sits in his cockpit on a grass field on Saipan, Marianas Islands, July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group line up on West Field, Tinian Island in the Mariana Islands, 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Japanese aircraft attack the USS Kitkun Bay near the Mariana Islands during WWII operations in the Pacific, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Dauntless Dotty” prepares for a bombing mission to Tokyo on an airfield on Saipan, November 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)