Astugi Airdrome, Tokyo Japan (J2M & A6M in foreground)

September 10, 1945

 

Atsugi Airdrome, Tokyo, Japan

 

"Some of the Japanese equipment on the airfield when we landed."

 

"We overflew them [US Naval invasion fleet] in a flight of C-54’s enroute for Atsugi airfield in Tokyo, Japan. The first airplanes to land on the Japanese home island."

 

------

 

In 1945 Byron would have been in the Pacific theater as C-54 Captain in support of the invasion of Japan, with the US Army Air Corps.

 

My grandfather, Captain Byron S. Cramblet, flew for the US Army Air Corps in WWII flying mostly bombers and later transports, Scandinavian Airlines (The first SAS Captain), the US Air Force for the Berlin Airlift, and American Airlines for 32 years retiring on the 747.

 

This photo was taken with his camera: Kodak No.1a Series III camera on A116 rollfilm

(www.flickr.com/photos/97603721@N00/8653994520/)

 

I am slowly scanning in his photo albums from 40's and 50's and fixing them up if possible in photoshop....

Done