RyanShort1 wrote:
Does anyone know of a good book that covers aviation on, at, and associated with Iwo Jima?
I would especially like to find more information on the 10-20 something L-5s based there during the battle, as well as more information and pictures of the P-51s.
Another unusual topic that I would like to find out more about is 2 TBMs and 2 C-47s that were used for spraying operations during the battle. I don't believe that they were actually based on the island, but were involved in spraying DDT during the operations.
Some folks I work with are doing a film on two Iwo Jima vets and while doing research to help them and also getting ready for the big commemoration in Fredericksburg, TX this weekend I've run across some interesting tidbits that leave me wondering what else of this story is out there waiting to be told.
Ryan
John Lambart's "The Long Campaign" about the 15th Fighter Group has a lot on their Iwo time and a lot of images of their 51s.
78th FS, 15th FG pilot Jerry Yellin wrote a book about his fighter pilot experience and postwar experience called "Of war and weddings". He spends a fair amount of time on his Iwo experience too.
Having spent time learning more about those guys and the 506th FG P51s, I'm fairly convinced that the escort job those 51 drivers did on those VLR missions was probably the toughest escort mission flown by a 51.
Dan
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