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Typical of the AAF fighter pilots who are strafing and bombing Japan from Iwo Jima, is Capt. Charles C. Rainwater, Dandridge, Tenn., Mustang pilot from the 46th Fighter Squadron, 21st Fighter Group, 7th Fighter Command. He has made five of the long over-water missions, and is pictured here just after his latest "kill" while escorting Boeing B-29s.