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Sep 22, 2026

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PV-1 plane of United States Army Air Force makes a crash landing on a runway in the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during WW II.

United States Army Air Force at their base in the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. A PV-1 plane of the US Air Force makes crash landing on landing strip. Plane makes a belly landing and crashes into fields close to the strip. Crew moves towards the crashed plane in a jeep. Injured pilot taken out on a stretcher and sent for treatment in ambulance. Ruptured part near the cockpit. Crew surrounds the plane. Location: Iwo Jima. Date: March 1945.

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