On the return trip aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada contemplates the bombing raid he just helped the Americans execute, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines

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Caption     On the return trip aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada contemplates the bombing raid he just helped the Americans execute, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines ww2dbase
Date 9 Aug 1945
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Photos on Same Day 9 Aug 1945
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 278 x 260 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
2 Feb 2015 07:38:14 PM

The official USMC captions for this set of photos date the bombing mission as Aug 10, 1945 but this is incorrect. The actual mission logs for both the bomber squadron (VMB-611) and the fighter squadron (VMF-115) say the raid occurred on Aug 9, 1945

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