The Snapshots in Time Collection
Aerial Strike Photograph, Village Target with Smoke Plume and Church Cupola, 312th Bomb Group, WWII Pacific Theater
An aerial strike photograph believed to have been taken during a 312th Bomb Group mission in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II. Smoke rises from a village target as low-flying attack aircraft, likely A-20 Havocs, struck enemy-held positions. The prominent church cupola in the foreground marks this as a settlement typical of the islands and coastal regions contested during the Pacific campaign, circa 1943-1945. Project: 218267