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SC 230293 Boeing B-29 Bomber burns on an Iwo Jima airfield, April 24, 1945

Boeing B-29 Bomber burns on an Iwo Jima airfield, April 24, 1945
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Title: Boeing B-29 Bomber burns on an Iwo Jima airfield, April 24, 1945
Caption: Boeing B-29 Bomber burns on an Iwo Jima airfield, after its brakes locked on landing and it swerved into an aircraft parking area, April 24, 1945. The B-29 hit and destroyed four P-51 "Mustang" fighters, One is burning by the bomber's nose, another off its right wing. Photographed by Moser.
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Catalog #: SC 230293
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photographed by Moser.
Original Date: Tue, Apr 24, 1945
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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