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Crewmen mending flattened tire of a B-29 bomber of U.S. Army Air Force at their base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during WW II.
United States Army Air Force at their base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. Flattened tire of a B-29 bomber. Crewmen working to mend a flatted tire. A vehicle drags the plane on blocks of concrete. Crewmen remove tire from its shaft. They roll the tire for mending. Working on a flattened tire.
Crew members load an amphibious truck at U.S. Army Air Force base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II.
United States Army Air Force at their base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. A wall of boulders near the base camp. Crew members load an amphibious truck with their baggage. Crewmen stand over the truck. As the truck gets fully loaded, it drives up.
U.S. Navy Commander Ashworth, crew member on B-29 that dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki, interviewed at Tinian, Marianas Islands
Setting: North Field, Tinian,in Mariana Islands. Public Affairs Officer Major John F. Moynahan interviews Commander Frederick L. Ashworth of the U.S. Navy, who was the weaponeer on the B-29 called Bockscar (sometimes "Bock's Car") that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. He expressed initial concerns about not being able to bomb their primary target and having, instead, to proceed to their secondary target, Nagasaki.
Destroyed B-29, its parts and scattered debris viewed the day after it crashed on Tinian in the Northern Marianas Islands.
Remains of United States Army Air Forces B-29A Super fortress that crashed on March 30, 1945, at North Field, Tinian,in the Northern Mariana Islands, during World War 2. Scattered debris on ground. Remaining piece of tail section displays serial number 265283 indicating it is B-29 number 42-65283, nicknamed "Big Wheel," from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron. Reportedly, it experienced mechanical problems during a mission to drop mines in Japanese waters. After jettisoning its munitions, it returned to Tinian, but crashed on the shore. Of the 12 crew, only the radar operator survived.
Remains of a United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortress that crashed on Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands., during World War II
Remains of USAAF B-29 number 42-65283 from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron, that crashed, 30 March 1945, in World War 2, on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. All crew members were immediately killed in the crash, except tail gunner, Sgt. Joseph C. Trullo, Jr., who initially survived but died of his injuries, five days later, and the sole survivor, Radio Operator, Sgt. James Langraf who was injured but eventually recovered. Air Force personnel inspect debris that is scattered across the crash site in sand dunes close to the ocean in the background.
Remains of crashed B-29 at crash site on Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands in World War II
Remains of United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress that crashed in Tinian, Northern Marianas Islands during World War 2. It was B-29 number 42-65283, nicknamed "Big Wheel," from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron. Opening scene shows remains of two engines and bent propellers from the crashed B-29. Ocean and a B-29 coming in for a landing are seen in background. Two destroyed engines and props along with partially intact empennage, are the only recognizable parts of the airplane. Aircraft debris is scattered close to the beach. Three U.S. Army Air Force personnel stand looking over the wreckage.
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