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Damaged P-38 limps back to Saipan
Damaged P-38 limps back to Saipan

During a recent strike on Jap-held Iwo Jima, this US Army 7th AF P-38 Lightning limped away from the target with its left engine shot out, its right wing badly damaged and in flames. Lt Fred C Erbels, Jr., GLenside, Penn., nursed his crippled back to its Saipa