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78th FS, 15th FG, Mustang P-51s Fly To Iwo Jima 3/8/45
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U.S. Army Air Forces silent Combat Subjects film #3360. Illegible Slate. B-29 flying. "T square 4" tail code. Fighters in flight. Aerial shot of island and ships below. Fighters in flight. Slate: "P-51s Fly Iwo By B-29 Roll II CARAN" Fighters in flight. Interior shot of plane and cameraman. P-51s in flight and 1 B-29. Long shot of fighters in formation. Iwo Jima / Mount Suribachi in foreground. Illegible slate. P-51s in flight. Ships below. Many views of island. Slate: LOCANTORE Roll 2 3/6/45. Slate: Roll 1 3/8/45. Footage on ground of air base (Saipan) - tents and jeeps in foreground. Airmen gathered outside for briefing. Many men pile on jeep. Slate: "Roll 2 3/8/45." P-51 aircraft lined on air strip. Pilot climbs into P-51 tail number 463453 "Miss Jo III" Pilot Lt Dahlquist. [78th FS, 15th FG] Plane starts up and taxis. (2 days later this plane crashed on Iwo.) Slate: "Roll 3 3/8/45." P-51's take-off. Views, from ground, of Mustangs in formation in the air. 926th Group > Fact Sheets > 78th Attack Squadron : "On April 7, 1945, the 78 FS flew its first escort missions to Japan. During the remaining months of the war the squadron flew fighter sweeps against Japanese airfields and es…
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United States. Army Air Forces
Subjects
Army Air Forces -- Combat Subjects, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, United States. Army Air Forces, WWII, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Fighter Squadron, 78th, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Mustang (Fighter Plane)
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