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Description A North American PBJ-1D Mitchell of U.S. Marine Corps bombing squadron VMB-611 in flight. Established at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina (USA), in November 1943, VMB-611 trained on the U.S. East and West Coasts before aircraft and personnel boarded ships for transport to the Pacific theater. During 1945, the squadron operated from Emerau Island and Moret Field at Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, flying PBJ Mitchell medium bombers, one of seven Marine Corps squadrons to operate the type. The squadron was disestablished in November 1945.
Date 1944/45
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2005.208001.001 [1]
Author U.S. Navy

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