| Caption | P-51 Mustang fighters seen through a window of a B-29 Superfortress bomber, 1945 | |||||||
| Source | United States National Archives | |||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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| Licensing | According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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4 Mar 2013 07:01:08 PM
P-51 Mustangs were based on Iwo Jima, and were a welcomed sight for B-29 crews.
P-38 Lightnings and P-51s, carried long range drop tanks, and were the only USAAF fighters with enough range to escort the B-29s