Smoke rises from buildings struck during a low-level attack in this wartime aerial photograph, taken from an aircraft of the 312th Bomb Group. Flying A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader attack bombers, the 312th conducted low-altitude strikes against Japanese forces and infrastructure across the Southwest Pacific, including New Guinea and the Philippines, disrupting enemy supply lines and troop concentrations amid the region's rice-farming villages and jungle terrain. Project: 218541