North American P-51 Mustangs of the 7th Air Force used Iwo Jima as a forward base for the escort of B-29s. The first Mustangs arrived at Iwo on 6 March 1945 and made their debut over metropolitan Japan on 7 April 1945 when 80 Mustangs rendezvoused with 1
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