342-FH-3A-42311-70297AC 45th fs p 63813 retberg
The new Premier of Japan was ushered in with a bang on 7 April 1945, when for the first time in World War II land based fighters escorted Boeing B-29's over Tokyo. Two hundred B-29's based in the Marianas, and a hundred North American P-51's pulled a one two over industrial Tokyo that brought twenty-one Jap planes tumbling down. Here, Lt. Gerhard C. Rettberg of Hartsburg, Illinois, completes his report after return from following Mustangs up one-third of the way in case anyone had to drop out. Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. 45th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group
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