504th Bombardment Group
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The 504th Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization.
504th Bombardment Group B-29 Superfortress formation over Mount Fuji in 1945
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504th Bombardment Group bomb loaders 1945
North Field (Tinian)
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North Field is a World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands which was abandoned after the war. A tourist attraction today, some refurbishments for active use have begun in the 2020s. Along
504th Bombardment Group
…Theater of Operations in late 1944, being assigned to the XXI Bomber Command 313th Bombardment Wing in the Northern Mariana Islands; being stationed at North Field, Tinian. The group began combat operations from Tinian in January 1945 with attacks on Japanese airfields and other installations on Maug and Iwo Jima and in…
Oblique airphoto of North Field, Tinian, 1945, showing the massive runway system and number of hardstands. On each hardstand, a B-29 was parked and maintained.
Nakajima C6N-1 reconnaissance aircraft of the 121st Kokutai after being captured on Tinian, July 1944
US Navy Seabee view USAAF B-29 Superfortresses arriving at North Field, 1944
North Field in 1945, prior to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the 509th Composite Group