The Snapshots in Time Collection

Low-Level Strafing Attack on Japanese Airfield, 312th Bomb Group, WWII Pacific Theater

Low-Level Strafing Attack on Japanese Airfield, 312th Bomb Group, WWII Pacific Theater

Captured during a low-level strike, this blurred combat photograph shows a Japanese airfield under attack, its dispersal areas scattered with damaged and destroyed aircraft amid rising smoke. The 312th Bomb Group's A-20 Havoc crews specialized in exactly this kind of daring, treetop-level assault, sweeping in fast and low to catch enemy aircraft on the ground before they could take to the air. Project: 218557