Boeing B-29's of the 21st Bomber Command, parked on the line of an airfield on Iwo Jima,1945

B-29's of the 21st Bomber Command

Iwo Jima,skimming over the sparkling sea, these Northrop P-61 "Black Widows", the night defenders of Iwo Jima, are seen on a practice run. 

 P-61 "Black Widows"

Pictorial proof of a bad Japanese dream come true,is this hornet's nest of more than 100 American P-51 Mustangs on Iwo Jima within range of the Japanese homeland. Once Japanese planes parked here, ready for assaults on Saipan's B-29 base. Now the AAF will turn the tables on Tokyo. 531st Fighter Squadron 