Photo of the week
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This weekends extra.
B-29 "3d Marine Division",named in honor of the ground forces that helped secure Iwo Jima for the Allies in March 1945. They later named Major General Graves B. Erskine, commander of the 3d Marine Division, “Honorary Plane Commander” at a ceremony held on the island.
Took part in the August 14, 1945 raid,which would be the last Allied combat run of the Second World War. -
This midweeks photo.
And a spectacular shot of a Firefly FR.5 of 810 Sq landing on HMS Ocean during working up in the Mediterranean September 1951 to April 1952
