Left side view of the nose of the B-26 Marauder "Pisto Packing Mama" parked at the Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore, Maryland; November 23, 1943. Lt. Dale Kbrchee looks at the insignia on the nose.
73rd Bomb Squadron, 28th Composite Group, 11th AF, flying in the Aleutians, field modified at least one B-26 (#40-1558) by mounting two 20mm cannon and two .50 cals in the nose. This was done in late 1942. Such an aircraft was used in the attack on the Cheribon Maru, caught in Holtz Bay, Attu, by four B-26s and four P-38s, on 26 Nov 1942. Bombing and strafing resulted in the ship sinking with 21 crew killed.