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Showing posts with label B-26. Show all posts
Showing posts with label B-26. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

B-26 Marauder

South African Air Force B-26 Marauders over Italy - Darryl Legg

We built over 5,000 B-26 Marauders. They had the lowest loss rate of any U.S. Army Air Forces bomber.

Google:

During World War II, the South African Air Force (SAAF) operated five squadrons of Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers in the Mediterranean Theater. Flying predominantly from temporary steel-plate airfields in Italy, the SAAF flew crucial missions targeting Axis infrastructure and supporting Allied campaigns.


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Saturday, June 22, 2024

B-25 & B-26

North American TB-25 Mitchell

This image showed up in last week's FlightAware newsletter.

B-26 Jezabelle

This one showed up in yesterday's Friday Femme Fatale Farrago (NSFW). There was no identification so I asked Google and it turned up this image of the same airplane:

Martin B-26 Marauder Jezabelle bomber crew, their mascot "Salvo" and visitors
31 August 1943

The two airplanes were very similar - medium range twin engine bombers. The B-25 had a slightly higher top speed than the B-26 (230 MPH versus 215) and a slightly longer range (1350 miles versus 1150).