The Snapshots in Time Collection
B-25 Mitchell Strafing Attack Over Coastal Water, Full Print, New Guinea
This full print shows a B-25 Mitchell skimming the water off a New Guinea coastal village as machine-gun fire churns the sea's surface in the foreground. Such strafing runs targeted enemy watercraft and shore installations during Fifth Air Force operations, including those of the 312th Bomb Group, in the New Guinea campaign of 1943-1944. Project: 218557