File:444th Bombardment Squadron - B-26 Marauder.jpg

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English: "Pancho and His Reever Rats"

B-26G-5-MA Marauder s/n 43-34240 444th BS, 320th BG, 12th AF Seen here after attacking a bridge (can be seen today) over the Rhone River near Arles (just west of Marseille) on August 15, 1944, during the D-Day in southern France. Hit by German AAA and exploded while attacking a roadblock near Covigliano (between Florence and Bologna), Italy on August 23, 1944. There were no survivors. It was last seen with starboard engine and the bomb bay on fire at 1,000ft, though three parachutes were reported. Crew: Lt Wilbert L Weir (pilot), F/O William H Hallenbeck (co-pilot), SSgt Ray T Ivey (bombardier), Hillary R Yavorosky (navigator), Sgt Joseph B Betenjany (dorsal gunner), Sgt Walter E Kdel Jr. (waist gunner), and SSgt Albert A Giuffre (tail gunner, and sources vary on whether he was killed or returned to duty (RTD)

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current12:31, 10 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 12:31, 10 May 2011850 × 686 (121 KB)Bwmoll3 (talk | contribs){{Information |Description ={{en|1="Pancho and His Reever Rats" B-26G-5-MA Marauder s/n 43-34240 444th BS, 320th BG, 12th AF Shot down by AAA over Covigliano,Italy on August 23,1944. MACR 7997}} |Source =United States Air Force via http://www.f

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