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B-26 Marauder over Po River

This is the attack--A lone Martin B-26 Marauder breaks away from the Ostiglia Bridge target as smoke rises from a string of bombs walking across the enemy's last link over the Po River between Germany and the front lines in Northern Italy. The Germans had set up 70 Flak guns to protect this new vital link in the Nazi supply line. In the first formation of bombers over the target, 24 were damaged by flak, but they all returned safely to their base.