Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber and four fighter escorts in flight over Saipan
Grab
Description
View of Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber and four fighter escorts in flight over Saipan during World War II. Typed on back: "B-29's now on Saipan. (Picture #1 of an 8-picture series.) B-29s are now based on Saipan. One of them is seen here flying over the sea with four fighter escorts. The coastline of Saipan can be seen faintly on the horizon. Credit U.S. Army Air Forces photo, Wash., D.C." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft in action."