A B-25 Mitchell 'strafer,' its solid nose bristling with forward-firing machine guns and adorned with fierce shark-mouth nose art, stands on the flight line at a Pacific airfield, likely Ie Shima. Aircraft like this were the signature weapon of the 345th Bomb Group's 'Air Apaches,' who pioneered devastating low-level strafing and skip-bombing attacks against Japanese shipping and airfields. Project: 218232