This wartime aerial photograph captures the instant of a bomb strike along a jungle coastline in the Southwest Pacific, likely photographed from a low-flying attack aircraft of the 312th Bombardment Group. Units like the 312th specialized in tree-top-level strafing and skip-bombing runs against Japanese shore installations and shipping, a hazardous tactic that placed aircrews directly over their targets at the moment of impact, as seen here. Project: 218555