Wrecked Japanese aircraft lie scattered among the trees bordering an airfield dispersal area in New Guinea, testament to the destructive effectiveness of Fifth Air Force low-level strafing attacks. The 312th Bomb Group and other Fifth Air Force units repeatedly struck Japanese airfields such as those at Wewak, destroying hundreds of aircraft on the ground and crippling Japan's air power in the Southwest Pacific during 1943 and 1944. Project: 218559