B-29 bomber of the US Air Force after the collapse on Iwo Jima

B-29 bomber of the US Air Force after the collapse on Iwo Jima

Sep 1, 2016 #US Army

B-29 bomber

 

The American Boeing B-29 bomber Ramblin Roscoe (№42-24664) from the 500th Air Group of the United States Air Force was returning from a night raid in Tokyo city on April 13, 1945 (the mission number 42). The Second World War in the Pacific ocean.

Japanese fighters knocked out two engines, landing gear and damaged. When planting Boeing B-29 bomber Ramblin Roscoe crashed, collided with a truck, killed Seabee (maritime construction contract battalion) and wounded two people who slept in a tent.
Board number of Ramblin Roscoe bomber is 23, tail symbol Z.

 

 

Photography Location: Iwo Jima, Japan
Time taken: 14 April 1945

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