A Japanese destroyer is straddled by towering bomb splashes in this dramatic strike photograph, evidence of a low-level attack by Allied medium bombers. Fifth Air Force squadrons, including the 312th Bomb Group's B-25 Mitchells, specialized in exactly this kind of skip-bombing and masthead-height attack profile, pressing home their runs at wave-top altitude to maximize the chance of a hit against enemy shipping in the Pacific. Project: 218559