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To: caww
Not the parking area at an aircraft factory, but the flight line at Iwo Jima where 7th Fighter Command North American P-51's capable of escorting the Superforts on their attacks over the Japanese homeland, line the runway as far as the eye can see. 78th Fighter Squadron - airfield #1


62 posted on 11/22/2014 5:01:01 PM PST by caww
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To: caww
Beauty!....313th Bomb Wing B-29 escorting unidentified 7th Fighter Command P-51 mustangs from Iwo Jima to Japan


63 posted on 11/22/2014 5:02:35 PM PST by caww
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And out of all those planes, only a handful still exist today.


65 posted on 11/22/2014 5:03:57 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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