This strike-camera photograph captures a low-level attack by U.S. Fifth Air Force B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 345th Bombardment Group, the famed 'Air Apaches,' against Japanese shipping off the Chinese coast near Amoy and Swatow. Flying at wave-top height, 345th BG crews used skip-bombing and strafing tactics to devastating effect against enemy vessels, disrupting Japanese coastal supply routes throughout 1944 and 1945. The handwritten mission codes along the photo's border reflect standard intelligence cataloging practices used to log target location, time, and altitude for each strike photograph. Project: 218236