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A series at Hansa Bay, low level B-25s hit shipping, photo 1, aircraft is visible, 2nd shot looks like the far left is the aircraft, 3rd shot the direction of the splash on the left indicates sideways momentum. I think the bomber was lost... never seen this sequence before.
 
The plane flew into the blast of the preceding a/c's bomb. That's the bomber hitting the water in frame 3, just off the bow of the larger boat. Note how the water splash is oblique to the surface compared to vertical for the bomb blast spouts. Note the height of the debris from the first two boats hit. Well in excess of the altitude of the attacking bomber.
 
I agree, looks like the bomber in photo two is to the left of the bomb burst out of control winging in on its back and side spinning.
 

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