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March 14, 1945 AAF "Osaka Fire Mission"
About this film
U.S. Army Air Forces silent Combat Subjects film #3404. XXI BC (Mission 42) 1945-03-14 Airfield crews ride trucks. "Z square 47" [42-24600, "Adam's Eve"] 883rd SQ 500th BG, parked while other B-29s take off, including "A square 16" [42-65348 of the 869th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bombgroup], "T square 41" [20th Army Air Force, 498th BG, 875th BS 42-24760, "Battlin' Betty II"] and "A square 4" [42-24596, 73BW/497BG/869BS, "Little Gem."] "A square 46". Slate reads "return from night raid on Osaka 3/14/1945. "A square 21" lands then close up of B-29 "Thumper" and crew outside plane. AF - 73 Bomb Wing 497 Bomb Group (A) 869 Bomb Squadrons, Saipan. Ground crew performs engine maintenance. National Archives Identifier: 4904 no description. Listed as "Osaka Fire Mission." As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)
Directors & creators
United States. Army Air Forces
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, B-29 Bomber, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945
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