B-29 Superfortress of the 462nd Bomb Group, the “Hellbirds,” after an emergency landing on Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).

Caption     B-29 Superfortress of the 462nd Bomb Group, the “Hellbirds,” after an emergency landing on Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar). ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces via the Frank Bond Collection
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Photos at Same Place Akyab, Burma
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Anonymous says:
17 Mar 2016 09:05:56 PM

I just acquired a Hellbird war book. (Album) If any one is interested.

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