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B-26 Marauders west of Velletri

This picture, snapped on a mission by Martin B-26 Marauders against a German troop concentration west of Velletri, shows a narrow escape by one of the medium bombers from the explosives of its own formation. The near accident resulted when the plane's pilot found himself out of position going over the target. Another bomb bay full of missiles heads for the apparently doomed airplane. One bomb, directly in line with the airplane, blots out the central portion of the fuselage.