Armorers working on .50 cal machine gun in wing of a 47th Fighter Squadron P-51 Mustang,Iwo Jima,

Armorers working on .50 cal machine gun

A P-51 Mustang of the 46th Fighter Squadron, 21st Fighter Group  takes off from landing field on Iwo Jima, for another mission against Japanese targets . 

46th FS 21st FG

Men of the 490th Armament Section, 386th Service Group, removing ammunition from 50 cal machine guns on Northop.They are left to right: Sgt. John Harvatick,Whiting, Indiana, Sgt. Allen A. Ross,Chicago, Illinois, Sgt. Lawrence Schanek, Mellville, New Jersey and (on wing) T/Sgt. Warren A. Burr, Chicago, Illinois. Iwo Jima,17 April 1945.(rudeerude) 