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| Robert Kennedy | 28 Jan 2014 12:47 p.m. PST |
The Mustangs of Iwo
By Barrett Tillman
"The P-51 pilots out of Iwo Jima had to fly 1,500 miles over water to protect B-29s over Japan for less than an hour. Any pilot who has flown a single-engine airplane beyond sight of land has experienced the syndrome: enhanced hearing and a pessimistic anticipation of trouble. But imagine a 1,500-mile combat mission over the Pacific Ocean, with the only landfall occupied by people who cut off the heads of captured airmen—or worse. Such was the world of the airmen flying the Mustangs of Iwo Jima. From Guam, a glance at the map showed the way to Japan: the Bonin Islands, midway between the Mariana Islands and Honshu, some 750 statute miles south of Tokyo. They put the home islands within range of the long-legged North American P-51D Mustang. With the Bonins in American hands, fighters could escort B-29s anywhere over southern Japan."
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| jowady | 28 Jan 2014 12:50 p.m. PST |
The Mustangs not only flew escort but fighter sweeps as well. |
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