B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer: Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943

Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships.

Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional medium-level bombing. High-level attacks wasted bombs, and torpedo attacks required extensive training. But as 1942 closed, the Fifth Air Force developed new weapons and new tactics that were not just effective, they were deadly. A maintenance officer assigned to a B-25 unit found a way to fill the...