Captured at the instant of detonation, this 312th Bomb Group strike photograph shows two bomb bursts erupting near a village building during a low-level attack on Luzon in 1945. A parachute-retarded fragmentation bomb still descends in the frame, illustrating the split-second timing of Fifth Air Force strike missions as B-25 Mitchells swept in at treetop height to hit Japanese-held positions in Philippine barrios during the closing months of the war. Project: 218541