North American P-51 Mustangs Of The 506th FG Aboard USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) Being Carried Across The

North American P-51 Mustangs of the 506th FG aboard USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) being carried across the Pacific Ocean, circa February to March 1945. They arrived in Guam on March 17.

"The two Mustangs in the foreground are P-51D-25-NA, s/n 44-72666 (assigned 457th FS, 506th FG, shot down July 28, 1945 over Japan) and P-51D-20-NA, s/n 44-72603 (a former 369th FS, 359th FG ship reassigned to the 457th FS, 506th FG). They were first assigned to Tinian then moved to Iwo Jima after its capture."

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