B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at landing strip of their base at Isley Field in Saipan. Man on motorcycle guides the lading planes. Buildings and quarters of the base can be seen at a distance. Number of B-29 bombers land one after the other.
B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at landing strip of their base at Isley Field in Saipan. B-29 bomber makes a landing contact with the landing strip on a cloudy day. Clouds in the sky of Saipan are visible.
B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at Isley Field in Saipan. Airmen, military trucks and jeeps near the landing strip. Airman on motorcycle guides a landing B-29 plane towards an area for parking the plane. Airmen watch standing along the runway. Airmen move towards the plane loaded on a truck, some run towards it.
B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at Isley Field in Saipan. Airmen, military trucks and jeeps near the landing strip. Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell, of the 21st bomber group gets off the plane. He talks with other officials and airmen at the base.
B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at Isley Field in Saipan. Airfield personnel watch keenly as a plane makes landing on the runway. The plane takes a left turn and follows a guide jeep.
Major General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General, 13th Air Force. arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces, at Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. (The 339th had successfully accomplished a highest priority mission, shooting down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's airplane on April 18, 1943.) Major General Twining, wearing a pith helmet, steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of 339th Squadron Pilots. He examines the nose wheel of a P-38, as a group of pilots stand around him. General Twining converses for a while with Major John W. Mitchell, Commander, 339th Fighter Squadron, who led the mission to down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane. Later, members of the 339th Squadron are photographed in conversations with one another.
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