United States Army Air Force airmen at their base in the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during World War 2. They stand on a ridge watching cleanup operations at site where P-51D 44-63912 "Miss Jackie" of the 531st Fighter Squadron, 21st Fighter Group suffered severe damage from a ground loop at Central Field, Iwo Jima. Other P-51s parked on the flightline in background. The site is surrounded by Airmen cleaning up and salvaging equipment and parts. Machine gun ammunition belts from the wreck. Men look beneath the damaged plane.
P-51 Mustang of United States Army Air Force crashes while it takes off at their base in the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. Destroyed parts of the crashed plane burning after the crash. A damaged house and fire in wild bushes. Men remove dead body of Pilot from wrecks. Fire fighters try to extinguish flames in the wrecks and in bushes.
Airmen of United States Army Air Force at their base in the Isley Field in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Airmen and crew of the 500th Group of the 73rd bombardment wing leave the briefing room near the sea shore and board trucks. Trucks carrying crew move on roads. Anti aircraft gunners clean their weapons. Gun post and mud sacks. Crew members with flight gear stand near a B-29 bomber.
United States Army Air Force crew at their base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Army Air Force officer stands on a hoist near the cockpit of a B-29 bomber paints a picture on it. Picture of a baby wearing boxing gloves. Officer paints the baby's diaper with white paint. Soldier looks at nose art painting on the B-29 nose with written wording "Deaner Boy" on it. Another soldier walks up and looks at the nose art painting. (Note: Painter might be Lieutenant Dean C. Forburger, based on examination of image reflected back from aircraft body. Forburger was a B-29 pilot stationed at Tinian at the time, and images exist of him standing beneath this nose art. Forburger was not a member of the crew on Deaner Boy when it perished in a mid-air collision accident in February 1945. The Deaner Boy nose art was painted at least twice on this aircraft, as there are also other images of it in existence with a side-facing baby and cursive lettering for "Deaner Boy").
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.
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.
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