Iwo Jima in WW2 History | World War II Database

15 Apr 1944

Japan

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched a raid on Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | DS]

16 Jun 1944

Japan

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched a raid on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands before heading back to the Mariana Islands and joining in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | DS]

24 Jun 1944

Japan

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | DS]

4 Jul 1944

Japan

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) continued combat operations with attacks on Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | DS]

1 Feb 1945

Photo(s) dated 1 Feb 1945

B-24J Liberator “Vera L” and other aircraft from the 27th Bomb Squadron drop 55-gallon drums filled with gasoline on Iwo Jima to burn off the plant growth in advance of the landings to come two weeks later, Feb 1 1945.

19 Feb 1945

Photo(s) dated 19 Feb 1945

The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 6 of 6

20 Feb 1945

Japan

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched 3 days of support missions over Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Battle of Iwo Jima | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | DS]

6 Mar 1945

Photo(s) dated 6 Mar 1945

Navy Ensign Jane Kendeigh was the first flight nurse to arrive on Iwo Jima, 6 Mar, 1945. She would also serve on Okinawa.

10 Mar 1945

Photo(s) dated 10 Mar 1945

B-29 crash-landed on Motoyama Airfield, Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, after fighters disabled two engines on a bombing run over Osaka, 10 Mar 1945. Photo 1 of 2.

B-29 crash-landed on Motoyama Airfield, Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, after fighters disabled two engines on a bombing run over Osaka, 10 Mar 1945. Photo 2 of 2.

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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