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F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-422 at Ie Shima Airfield, Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, 1945. Note the nose art on both the plane and the belly tank.Ground crewmen arming an FG-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron 312, the “Checkerboarders,” at Kadena airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Aug 1945J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 1 of 4J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 2 of 4
F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-422 at Ie Shima Airfield, Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, 1945. Note the nose art on both the plane and the belly tank.Ground crewmen arming an FG-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron 312, the “Checkerboarders,” at Kadena airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Aug 1945J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 1 of 4J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 2 of 4
J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 3 of 4J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 4 of 4Oita, Japan under aerial attack, Jul 1945P-51D Mustangs of the 47th & 531st Fighter Squadrons at South Field, Iwo Jima, May-July 1945. Note also the PB4Y-1 Liberator of Navy Patrol Squadron VPB-116.
J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 3 of 4J7W1 Shinden prototype aircraft at rest, Japan, circa Jul 1945, photo 4 of 4Oita, Japan under aerial attack, Jul 1945P-51D Mustangs of the 47th & 531st Fighter Squadrons at South Field, Iwo Jima, May-July 1945. Note also the PB4Y-1 Liberator of Navy Patrol Squadron VPB-116.
Rear view of J7W Shinden prototype aircraft, Japan, 1945Strike photo taken by US carrier planes during an air attack on Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, Japan, Jul 1945. Note anti-aircraft bursts and screening smoke in addition to bomb impacts.TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMTB-242 taxiing past USAAF P-51D Mustangs at Iwo JimaUS Marine code talker Private Leslie Hemstreet at a shrine in Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Rear view of J7W Shinden prototype aircraft, Japan, 1945Strike photo taken by US carrier planes during an air attack on Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, Japan, Jul 1945. Note anti-aircraft bursts and screening smoke in addition to bomb impacts.TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMTB-242 taxiing past USAAF P-51D Mustangs at Iwo Jima's Motoyama Airfield No 1, 1945.US Marine code talker Private Leslie Hemstreet at a shrine in Okinawa, Japan, 1945
US Marine code talker Samnuel Sandoval of III Amphibious Corps Signal Battalion underneath a Torii gate on Okinawa, Japan, 1945Remains of General Mitsuru Ushijima and Lieutenant General Isamu Cho, Okinawa, Japan, 5 Jul 1945Planes from USS Essex on a raid over Japan on 10 Jul 1945 with Mt Fuji in the background. Plane in foreground is a TBM Avenger and those beyond are SB2C Helldivers.USS South Dakota
US Marine code talker Samnuel Sandoval of III Amphibious Corps Signal Battalion underneath a Torii gate on Okinawa, Japan, 1945Remains of General Mitsuru Ushijima and Lieutenant General Isamu Cho, Okinawa, Japan, 5 Jul 1945Planes from USS Essex on a raid over Japan on 10 Jul 1945 with Mt Fuji in the background. Plane in foreground is a TBM Avenger and those beyond are SB2C Helldivers.USS South Dakota's 16-inch guns firing on the city of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 14 Jul 1945
Strike photo taken by USS Hancock aircraft showing an attack on the Yokosuka Navy Yard, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 18 Jul 1945. Note bomb splashes.Camouflaged Japanese destroyers along the shoreline of Kurahashi Jima, Japan, 24 Jul 1945; photo taken by USS Ticonderoga aircraftCarriers Amagi (near bomb splashes) and Katsuragi (center-right, heavily camouflaged) under attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945Hyuga under air attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945
Strike photo taken by USS Hancock aircraft showing an attack on the Yokosuka Navy Yard, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 18 Jul 1945. Note bomb splashes.Camouflaged Japanese destroyers along the shoreline of Kurahashi Jima, Japan, 24 Jul 1945; photo taken by USS Ticonderoga aircraftCarriers Amagi (near bomb splashes) and Katsuragi (center-right, heavily camouflaged) under attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945Hyuga under air attack, Kure, Japan, 24 Jul 1945

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