ww2db.com Featured Image, #5

The P-51…lots of interest here lately, given the air show tragedy at Oshkosh.
Reviewing the archive over at the ww2db.com preparing for this entry, there were a few notable pictures, but none as artistic looking as this, with the framing (man on right directing the aircraft as it prepares to take off).

The caption there reads “P-51 Mustang fighter ‘My Girl’ taking off from Iwo Jima, 1945.” I’ve seen this one around the web some, and there are probably better pictures of the p-51 out there, but to me, the way this one looks separates it from the crowd of ww2 flight pictures. When you click the link, be prepared to scroll around a little. It is archived in large form.

This has been another entry in the ww2db.com Featured Image partnership. The idea behind this post (and the weekly posts to come) is to highlight ww2db.com’s collection of 3500 plus photos, many culled from the National Archives, Library of Congress, the US Naval Historical Center, and other research institutions.

Iwo Jima

Found this on ww2db.com today.

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=2686

It’s a period map of Iwo Jima. The caption reads:

“Contour map of Iwo Jima, showing Japanese defense installations as observed from ground study during the period of 19 Feb-19 Mar 1945.”

The number of legend marks is pretty astounding.