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Interesting quote from Mustangs Mustangs site...

Posted by Dave Sutton on Fri May 30, 2003 06:38:45 AM

from a fine book about 7th Fighter Command, "The Pineapple Air Force", page 199 :

Lieut. Col. James W. Bothwell, C.O., 456th FS :" In December 1945, the last of us were getting ready to leave Iwo Jima. I was given command of the 21st FG and told to select the best remaining Mustangs. We went up and down the lines of P-51s of the 15th, 21st and 506th and started any of them that looked like they would not fall apart. We picked up the best of the lot, about 40 aircrafts, and flew them to Tinian. The rest were pushed into a big ditch and covered over with volcanic ash".

Maybe some wrecks to recover over there, what do you think?

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Does anyone know if Iwo Jima has seen much development since the war? Are such sites likely to be intact or covered in hotels?

Follow Ups:

Re: Interesting quote from Mustangs Mustangs site... - Pat Carry Fri May 30, 2003 10:24:33 AM
- Re: Interesting quote from Mustangs Mustangs site... - Ryan Harris Fri May 30, 2003 11:29:30 AM
  - Isn't vulcanic ash very good at preserving stuff just look - Paul McMillan Fri May 30, 2003 12:38:16 PM
    - Yes it is... - Ryan Harris Fri May 30, 2003 03:05:46 PM
Thanks for the info! Maybe one day.. n/t - Dave Sutton Fri May 30, 2003 12:11:24 PM
- Re: Thanks for the info! Maybe one day.. n/t - Tulio Sat May 31, 2003 01:47:09 AM
Some great pix of Iwo Jima Airbases including Mustangs - Rob S Sat May 31, 2003 07:50:44 AM
Well, at least as an saturday night "imagination/vision"... - Per Bjorkqvist Sat May 31, 2003 12:38:11 PM
Forget trying to recover anything - Rob Rohr Sat May 31, 2003 04:30:16 PM
- Is this what we want to be doing? - Ryan Harris Sun Jun 01, 2003 03:41:00 AM
  - Re: Is this what we want to be doing? - Rob Rohr Sun Jun 01, 2003 06:37:37 PM
Re: Interesting quote from Mustangs Mustangs site... - Tulio Mon Jun 02, 2003 01:42:25 AM
Iwo Jima contact Information... - bdk Mon Jun 02, 2003 01:19:04 PM