Annotated by its original owner with an arrow and the note 'Two Japs are visible in forward gun pit. Smoke rising is from enemy ack ack,' this photograph was taken from a low-flying Allied aircraft under Japanese anti-aircraft fire over the New Guinea coast. Such firsthand, in-the-moment photographs -- complete with period wartime terminology preserved here for historical authenticity -- offer a rare glimpse of the intense low-altitude combat faced by Fifth Air Force crews, including the 312th Bomb Group, during strikes near Wewak. Project: 218559