The Snapshots in Time Collection
In-Flight Formation Photograph, B-25 Mitchell Bomber with Fighter Escort over Water, Ie Shima Envoy Mission, August 1945
A B-25 Mitchell bomber of the 345th Bomber Group banks in flight, photographed from a nearby aircraft with fighter escorts visible in the distance. Images like this one document the aerial activity surrounding Ie Shima during August 1945, the month the historic Japanese surrender envoy flight passed through the island en route to Manila. Project: 218047