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Martin B-26 Marauder: American Medium Bomber

A B-26B of the 70th Bomb Squadron that ran into a B-25C on the ground at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 11 March 1943.

B-26s with the bomb bay opened and ready to drop. 12th Air Force, Italy, May 1944.


Employees installing Plexiglas panels on the nose of a Martin B-26 Marauder. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the two halves that form the nose of the bomber are cemented together with acrylic resin and bolted into position on the aircraft. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol, Pennsylvania.



Martin B-26B-2 Marauder 41-17993 over Suffolk countryside, wrecked when it hit the ground near Cambridge.


Martin B-26B-4 Marauder 41-18072 ER-T 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group.


Martin B-26B-10 Marauder 41-18276 “Pickled Dilly” 322nd Bomb Group, Great Sailing, Essex.


Martin B-26B Marauder “Smokey Joe” 456th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group.


Martin B-26B-25 Marauder 41-31773 PN-O “Flak Bait” 449th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, Ninth Air Force. The first Allied bomber in the European theater to achieve 200 missions. She had 300 patches covering more than 1,000 flak and bullet holes. In formation with her is 43-34371, PN-X.


Martin B-26B Marauder 41-17704.


Martin B-26B Marauder 41-17694.


Martin B-26B-25 Marauder 41-31819 “Mild and Bitter” 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, the first Marauder to complete 100 missions from the United Kingdom.


Martin B-26B-2 Marauder 41-17876.


Martin B-26B-50 Marauder 42-95930 KX-D 559th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group.


Martin B-26B-50 Marauder 42-95930 KX-D 559th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group.


Martin B-26B-55 Marauder RJ-M 455th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group.





















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