
Caption | A North American P-51D Mustang of the Vll Fighter Command taking off from Saipan, Mariana Islands for the newly-captured airfield on Iwo Jima, Mar 16, 1945. Note the twin oversized VLR drop tanks. ww2dbase | |||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force | |||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 16 Mar 1945 | |||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Saipan, Mariana Islands | |||||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||||
Added Date | 28 Feb 2014 | |||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | |||||||||||||
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