A U.S. Army Air Forces airman smiles from the cockpit window of a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, part of the 345th Bomber Group ('Air Apaches') that flew low-level strafing and bombing missions against Japanese shipping and airfields from bases including Ie Shima during the Pacific War. Photographs like this, kept in personal wartime albums, preserve the everyday moments of airmen between combat missions. Project: 218231