Returning frcm a Tokyo raid, this Boeing B-29 Superfortress crashed on night landing at Iwo Jima. Before coming to rest on the embankment, plane ran into a truck, killed a Seabee, and injured two men sleeping in a tent.
A Northrop P-61 Black Widow on Iwo Jima, attempted a blind landing in a fog aided by AN/MPN-1 Unit. Wind carried the plane off line and it landed on top of another Northrop P-61 seen in distance, finally coming to a stop as shown.
one of the more secret and rare planes of WW II......C-46 Commando at left, B-29 at right.,,,Most folks are not familiar with the P-61 since there were so few of them built and fielded. It's prime role was that of a night fighter and the ones at Iwo Jima provided CAP over Iwo at night.
