Aerial strike on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Is by Navy carrier based planes. Japanese aircraft lie shattered and burning on the airst

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Aerial strike on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Is by Navy carrier based planes. Japanese aircraft lie shattered and burning on the airstrip. This was done is summer of 1944 to protect the Marines' operations and not directly connected with the Invasion.

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Size: 3288px × 2853px
Location: Iwo Jima, Japan
Photo credit: © Archive Image / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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