An Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M5 “Zero” fighter captured on a Japanese airfield on Saipan in the Mariana Islands in 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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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.)
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.)
Officers watch the Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Bolivar Jr.” as the aircraft taxis on Saipan, Mariana Islands in May 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
“Liberty Belle” and other Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 7th Bomber Command photographed at Isley Airfield, Saipan in the Marianas, August 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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.)
Battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) in action during the bombardment of Saipan, June 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) prepares to launch a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 for an attack on the island of Saipan, June 1944. (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.)
Dispersed aircraft on Saipan are seen through the plexiglas nose of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)