Ground crewmen service a North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber on the flight line at Ie Shima during World War II. The aircraft's shark-mouth nose art and zigzag fuselage stripe are markings associated with the 345th Bombardment Group, the 'Air Apaches,' who flew low-level strafing and skip-bombing missions against Japanese shipping and installations in the Pacific. A crewman pulls the propeller through by hand to clear the engine's lower cylinders before startup, a routine but essential maintenance step for radial aircraft engines. Project: 218266