The Snapshots in Time Collection
Japanese Aircrew Group Portrait at Tail of 'Green Cross' Aircraft, Ie Shima, August 1945
Japanese aircrew pose beside the tail of their 'Green Cross' truce aircraft at Ie Shima airfield in August 1945. These specially marked planes carried Japanese envoys to arrange the details of the nation's surrender, bringing an end to World War II in the Pacific. Project: 218466