This spectacular P-38 mighttime ground attack scene depicts a mission flown in early 1945 by three 18th FG pilots, Milt Adams, Joe Gunder, and Bill Harris who was the highest-scoring ace of the Thirteenth Air Force. The Japanese forces in the Philippines had started moving truck convoys at night to avoid strafing attacks. They underestimated the inginuity of the 18th FG pilots who volunteered to make dangerous moon-light strafing raids.