VLR!: VII Fighter Command Operations from Iwo Jima, April-August 1945.(World War II)

From: Air Power History | Date: September 22, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

On April 7, 1945, 119 P-51 Mustangs of the VII Fighter Command lifted off from Iwo Jima on the first Very Long Range (VLR) mission by land-based fighter aircraft against the Japanese mainland. Off the coast of Honshu they rendezvoused with more than 100 B-29 Superfortresses for an attack on the Nakajima aircraft plant in Tokyo. The B-29s had been taking heavy losses to Japanese fighters on these Empire strikes, but the 110 to 125 who came up to greet them this day were in for a surprise.

VII Fighter command pilots described the Japanese, who attacked singly during the bomb ...

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