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The B-29 Takes It! Capt. James Pearson And His Crew Of The 881St Bomb Sqd., 500Th Bomb Gp., 73Rd Bomb Wing Based On Saipan, Brought This Plane In From Tokyo Over 1500 Miles Of Water Thru Adverse Weather And Darkness With Two Engines Out On One Side. The (U.S. Air Force Number A59780AC)

Air Force Personnel, Using Mops, Sponges, Etc., Wash Down The Boeing B-29 'Special Delivery' At A Base On Saipan, Marianans Islands. November 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 64255AC)

Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, C.G., Aaf, Pacific Ocean Areas, And Deputy Commander, 20Th A.F., Chats With Brig. Gen. Truman H. Landon, C.G., Vii Bomber Command, During Gen. Harmon'S Visit To Saipan On 5. Dec. 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 57047AC)

On 27 February 1945 A Group Of Men On The Shore Of Saipan Island, Marianas Group, Watched A Boeing B-29 "Superfort" Heading Towards Them. It Was Obviously In Trouble And Losing Altitude Fast. The Pilot Was Trying To Make A Runway Near The Shore. He Cam (U.S. Air Force Number 59027AC)

Cpl. Roy Cole, Medical Man, Dresses Wounds Of One Of The Korean Prisoners-Of-War As A Guard Looks On. Cpl. Cole Is From Iowa Park, Texas. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 6 July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63722AC)

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Sheet Metal Wokers Repair Wing Of A Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" Which Was Hit During The First Bombing Mission Over Tokyo, Japan. Saipan, Marianas Islands. November 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number A64290AC)

In Tight Formation Over Saipan, A Republic P-47, Lockheed P-38, And A North American P-51 Show What The Japs Can Expect To See In The Near Future Over Tokyo. P-47S Helped Take Marianas Bases From Which The P-38S Flew Strafing And Escort Missions To Help (U.S. Air Force Number 56685AC)

Boeing B-29 Superfortresses In Dispersal Area In The Marianas Islands. [497Th Bomb Group; Probably Isley Field, Saipan.] (U.S. Air Force Number 59044AC)

Last Wing Mission Of The 500Th Bomb Group. Unlike The Wild Celebration In The States And On Some Other Pacific Islands, Peace Came Quietly To The Men Of The 500Th Bomb Group. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 16 August 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number 61169AC)