
Caption | Lt Fred Eberle of the USAAF 333rd Fighter Squadron nursing his damaged P-38 Lighting back to Saipan after receiving battle damage over Iwo Jima, 15 Jan 1945. Photo taken from an accompanying B-24 Liberator. ww2dbase | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 15 Jan 1945 | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 18 Aug 2017 | ||||||||
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18 Aug 2017 08:55:48 PM
Note the hole in the right wing and the feathered left engine with missing propeller hub. The official USAAF caption for this photo notes that this required “a four hour and 40 minute grueling over-water flight, longer than the distance from London to Berlin.â€