Bomber B-29-55-BW after the crash on the island of Iwo Jima

Bomber B-29-55-BW after the crash on the island of Iwo Jima

A downed B-29 Superfortress from the 497th Air Group/19th BG on Iwo Jima after raiding Osaka, 1945.

The wreckage of the Boeing B-29-55-BW (Air Force Serial #44-69703) bomber from the 497 th Air Group (19th Bomb Group), tail symbol A, which wrecked at the airport on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan. Two engines of the B-29-55-BW bomber was damaged during an air raid to the Tokyo (according to other sources to the Osaka), Japan.