page_title: Battle of Tinian
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Tinian
caption_attribution_description: Original caption: “A badly battered Japanese plane, wrecked before it could be wheeled from its hangar at the Tinian airfield, forms a foreground atmosphere for a TAG plane of the Fourth Marines air wing. July 30, 1944. (National Archives, #93215)” English: A wrecked Japanese Nakajima C6N1 Saiun (tailcode 21-103) from 1. Teisatsu Hikotai (第1偵察飛行隊) of 121. Kokutai[1] in a hangar on Tinian Island, Marianas, on 30 July 1944. In the background is a Curtiss R5C-1 Commando of the Fourth Marine Air Wing.
context_page_description: The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 8,000-man Japanese garrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan and Guam as a base for the Twentieth Air Force.
context_section_description: The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 8,000-man Japanese garrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan and Guam as a base for the Twentieth Air Force.
caption: A wrecked Japanese plane in a hangar on Tinian Island, 30 July 1944
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