Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of Martin B-26 Marauder operators.The main user of the Martin B-26 Marauder was the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During this period the Martin Marauder was also operated by the US Navy, Free French Air Force, the South African Air Force and the Royal Air Force; serving with many units and in many different theaters of conflict on several continents.
A further 350 B-26Fs and Gs were supplied in 1944, with two more South African squadrons (21 and 30) joining No 12 and 24 in Italy to form an all-Marauder equipped wing, while one further SAAF squadron and a new RAF squadron (39 Squadron), re-equipped with Marauders as part of the Balkan Air Force supporting Tito's Partisans in Yugoslavia.
The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twin-engined light bomber and ground attack aircraft. Built by Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II , the Invader also saw service during several major Cold War conflicts.
323d Bomb Group B-26s. The squadron arrived at its first combat station, RAF Horham, in May 1943. In June 1943, the squadron, along with all other B-26 units in England, moved to Essex, an area where it was planned to build up a tactical air force for the forthcoming invasion of Europe, with the 454th arriving at RAF Earls Colne on 14 June.
The squadron was first activated on 15 January 1941 at Langley Field, Virginia as the 71st Bombardment Squadron, one of the three original bombardment squadrons of the 38th Bombardment Group. The squadron trained with Martin B-26 Marauders, but also flew Douglas B-18 Bolos. In June 1941, the squadron moved to Jackson Army Air Base, Mississippi ...
Lockheed B-34/B-37 Lexington - Medium bomber; Lockheed P-38 Lightning - Fighter; Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star - Jet fighter; Martin A-30 Baltimore - Lend-lease attack bomber; Martin B-10/Martin B-12 - Medium bombers; Martin B-26 Marauder - Medium bomber; McDonnell XP-67 - Prototype fighter; Noorduyn C-64 Norseman - Transport
Martin B-26s of the 323rd Bombardment Group Douglas B-26 of the 609th Special Operations Squadron. From 1924 to 1947 the Air Service, United States Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force used a designation system based on mission category, with each model in a category numbered sequentially. [2]
The 969th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was formed in 1985 by the consolidation of the 559th and 659th Bombardment Squadrons. The first predecessor of the squadron is the 559th Bombardment Squadron, which was organized in 1942 as a Martin B-26 Marauder unit.