Philip Iannotta was from Philadelphia and was the substitute tail gunner on B-26 (42-107566) as part of the 441st Bomber Squadron, 320th Bomber Group. On July 10, 1944, the Group was missioned to bomb the northern span of a railroad bridge in Marzabotto, Italy. Enroute to the target, the plane received a direct hit of anti-aircraft fire. The direct hit blew the left wing and horizontal stabilizer off, sending the plane into an uncontrollable spin and trapping the crew inside. A photographer in a plane above, captured the monument just before the plane’s impending doom; an iconic photo depicting the great sacrifice of the United States Army Air Forces during the war. (See the pictures for this iconic photograph). The B-26, with bombs still aboard crashed into a hill just outside Lamadi Reno. (Reference: Missing Aircraft Report {MACR} 6454)