Marines on Iwo Jima crowd around a newly arrived Boeing F-13 Superfortress (photo reconnaissance variant of the B-29). 47th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustang is in foreground, Mar-Apr 1945.

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Caption     Marines on Iwo Jima crowd around a newly arrived Boeing F-13 Superfortress (photo reconnaissance variant of the B-29). 47th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustang is in foreground, Mar-Apr 1945. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Iwo Jima, Japan
Date  Apr 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,200 x 935 pixels



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