The Snapshots in Time Collection
Album Page View of Railway Yard Strike Photograph with Archival Reference Number, Philippines, 312th Bomb Group
Mounted in a wartime photo album with its original archival reference number still visible, this strike photograph documents a 312th Bomb Group attack on a Japanese rail yard in the Philippines. Parachute-retarded fragmentation bombs descend toward a locomotive turntable and rolling stock below, illustrating the precision low-level tactics used by 5th Air Force B-25 Mitchells to disrupt enemy rail transport during the Pacific campaign. Project: 218555