Pre-Invasion Bombing
Pre-Invasion Bombing, Iwo-Jima U.S. Army Air Forces. Among the main targets in the Iwo campaign were the airstrips. Here, in softening-up bombing runs, Jap planes are subjected to accurate fire while parked on one of the airstrips on Iwo. The columns of smoke show effectiveness of 7th Air Force bombers. March 1945.