An aerial strike photograph showing the aftermath of an Allied air attack on a Japanese airfield in the Pacific theater. Wrecked enemy aircraft, identifiable by the red roundel on one fuselage, lie scattered among fresh bomb craters and scorched ground. Photographs like this were taken by low-flying attack aircraft, such as those of the 312th Bomb Group, to document the destruction of enemy air power on the ground — a central tactic in the Fifth Air Force's campaign to secure air superiority over New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. Project: 218561