Taken from the cockpit or camera bay of a 312th Bomb Group aircraft, this aerial photograph captures a winding river cutting through a patchwork of cultivated farmland - imagery typical of the reconnaissance and target photographs gathered by U.S. Army Air Forces attack bomber crews during the Southwest Pacific campaign. Such photographs served practical purposes, from navigation and target identification to post-strike damage assessment, while also preserving a striking, almost abstract view of the landscape below the wings of war. Project: 218556