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B26.COM is dedicated to Martin B-26 Marauder Men who
fought in World War 2. Personal accounts, photos of crews
and planes, and related information.
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The first Martin B-26 Marauder mission flown was by the 22nd Bomb Group on April 5, 1942. Launched from Garbutt Field, Australia the
B26's staged through 7 mile drome near Port Moresby, New Guinea to strike the Japanese base at Rabaul, New Britain. The B26's had to stage through
7 mile drome to top off the gas tanks to enable them to reach Rabaul and then fly back to Port Moresby. The conditions encountered by the crews of the 22nd
Bomb Group were primitive in the extreme by comparison with those of the 9th Army Air Force (AAF) crews later in the war.
The last bombing mission by a Martin B-26 Marauder Group was that flown on May 1, 1945 by the 17th Bomb Group 1st Tactical
Air Force. They bombed the gun positions on the Isle d'Oleron, France. The last Martin B-26 Marauder mission was flown by the
1st Pathfinder Squadron when 8 of their B26's led 130 Douglas A26's of the 386th, 391st, 409th and 416th Bomb Groups
to the Stod Ammo plant in Czechoslovakia on May 3, 1945. More info...
The following Marauder Men and their families helped us to tell their stories - thank you!
A Bob Ahrens, Richard Ainsworth,
Manuel Albuquerque, E.J. Allen,
John Allen, Andy Anderson,
Diamond Anderson Max Anderson,
Roland C. Anderson, Jean Annez de Taboada,
Casimer Apolinski, John Armstrong,
Joseph Armstrong, Carl Arnold,
Michael Astuto
B Julius Bargholz, Edgar Beal,
Wendell Beazer, Del Bentley,
William Berry, Sherman Best,
George Blancard, Julian Blount,
Jack Bogle, Lloyd Bond, Tom Bond,
Nick Bouras, John Bourlier, Bob Bouse,
Paul Brady, Willis Brainard, Mark Bratton,
Ivan Breaux, Ron Briscoe, Robert Brockett,
Robert Brockhouse, Christian Burger,
Warren Butterfield, Andrew Byrd
C Jack Caldwell, Albert Caney,
Bob Carden, Francis Carney,
Kenneth Carty, James Carver,
Nels Cassano, Joseph Castoro,
David Castrellon, Rollin Childress,
Everett Chrisco, Curtis Church,
Bill Churchman, John Citti,
Maurice Cohen, Joe Coleman,
TFB Collins, Willie Cone,
Robert Conlen, Joe Connery,
Robert Conrad,
Ed Constable, Robert Coseo,
Lauren Cowallis, William Cox,
Charles Crecelius, George Croote,
Russ Crumrine, Comelous Cruse
D Fred Dees, Gene DeLorenzo,
Myron Denny, Francis Dickason,
Norman Disharoon, Michael Donahoe,
Joe Donato, Richard Donnelly,
Fred Dopheide, Harold Dorsen,
Glenn Doyal, Clyde Duke, Ed Dunn
E Stephen Eady, Roy Edge, Dwight Edwards,
John Egan, Paul Ellzey,
Santo Endrizzi, Malcolm Enlow,
Don Epstein, Paul Ermler,
Mal Ernest, Jesse Eubank
F Jim Farrell, Luther Feagin,
Robert Felt, Samuel Findley,
James Fisher, Frank Fitzer,
Eugene Fletcher, Girard Forcella,
John Ford, Armin Frank,
John Franzen, Clifton Freeman,
Elmer Freeman, Don Frisbie,
Raymond Fuller
G Moses Gatewood,
Robert Gatrell, David Gearing,
Nathan Geren, Joseph Gisavage,
James Glattly, David Gleason,
Fletcher Glenn, Leonard Goldberg,
Lee Goodwin, Paul Gowey,
Harry Graham, Sidney Grahn,
James Gray, Robert Gridley,
Leo Green, Paul Guertin,
Richard "Dick" Gunn
H Boyd Hall, Robert Hammerberg,
Thomas Handlon, Albert Hands,
Elmer Hansard, Clyde Harkins,
Howard Hartley, John Hartman
Robert Harwell, Ted Harwood,
Homer Hash, John Helden,
Ben Hicks, Leroy Hildebrand,
Albert Hill, Henry Hill,
Donald Hines, Arlie Hitchcock,
Frank Hobbs, Sterling Hoch,
Jim Hoel, Thomas Holland,
Robert Holliday, Leonard Holmes,
Bill Hornbarger, Jim Houston,
Thomas Howard, Stanley Hughes
I Walter Jennings Ives
J "Bud" Jackson, Willard Jacobson,
Charley Johns, James Jones,
Robert Jones, Paul Jorgensen,
Kenneth Juhl
K Wilmoth Keller, George Kelly,
James Kelley, Wetzel Kimball,
Francis Kirby, Bob Kiriakides,
Mahlon Kiscaden, Lloyd Kisner,
Edward Klemz, Chester Klier,
David Knight, Joe Knight,
Eddie Kozlowski, Lewis Kranz,
Lawrence Kreissler, Delbert Kretschmar,
Stanley Kucinski, Joe Kurill
L Bill Laberee, Matteo LaMuraglia,
Oliver Lane, Kenneth Larsen, Robert Lawrence,
Garnett Lawton, Jack Laydon, Joe Lazar,
Léon Lebreau, Chalender Lesher,
Donald Leslie,
Darrell Lindsey, Lee Lipkis,
Richard Lloyd, John Long,
William Lopatin, Lloyd Love,
Domitilo Lucero
M John Magella, Peyton Magruder,
Dom Malchiodi, Mason Mandell,
Hugh Manson, James Marcus, Ralph Marble,
Merrill Matthews, Floyd Mauth,
John McBride, John McCabe, Robert McCallum,
Eugene McCarthy, James McCarty,
John McClurkin, Frank McKeown,
Robert McMillan, Weldon Mellody,
John Merrill, Roy Meyer,
Curtis Miller, Joseph Miller,
Albert Miner, Victor Mitel,
Hank Moen, John Moench,
Floyd Monroe, Elliott Moorhead,
Thomas Morgan, William Morgart,
Louis Morin, Edward Morrison
Vincent Mosca,
William Mullinix, Edward Munge,
Eckard Munsch, Odell Myers
N Mark Nagel, Merv Neis,
John Nemeth, John Newman,
Edward Nielsen, Albert Norman,
Edward Norton, James Norton
O William O'Brien, Frank Ockert,
Edwin Odell, William O'Hara,
Roscoe Orr, John O'Shaughnessy,
Paul Ostrom, Robert Ozburn
P Ed Pakish, Clint Palmer,
Herchel Palmer, Perry Parish,
Harry Patterson, Joseph Peachman,
Robert Peale, John Perry,
John D. Perry, Jr., Earl Oakley Petersen,
Max Petrisek, William Phillips,
Gaston Poulin, Edward Proctor,
Donald Proudfit
R Eli Radanovich,
Leslie Reynolds, William Reynolds,
Wilson Riedy, Herbert Ritter,
Clark Roberds, Richard Robinson,
Joseph Ross, Donald Round,
Raymond Rowland, Carl Royer
S Charlie Salas, Henry Samspon,
Robert Schacht, Eugene Schultz,
Phil Scheier, Kenneth Schell,
Richard Schlosser, William Schulte,
Roland Scott, Earl Seagars,
Roy Seymour, John Sharpe,
Bill Shaughnessy, Donald Short,
Harold Simmons, James Skinner,
Joseph Sloane, Parker Smilie,
Gayle Smith, James Smith,
Sydney Smith, Acile Sneed,
Casimier Sochocki, Worth Speed,
Harry Sperry, Paul Stach, Donald Stangle
Paul Starr, Allen Stephens, Royce Stephens,
Mont Stephensen, Myron Sterngold,
Joe Stevens, Edward Stiffler, Bill Stuckey,
Jim Stratton, Leo Sugerman,
James Sweeney, Eugene Swinford
T Herbert Tanner, Robert Tate,
Les Tenold, Harold Tharp,
Donald Thomas, Burl Thompson, Bernard Thompson,
Clifford Thompson, Sonny Timbers,
Edward Tipton, Chuck Tompkins,
Jay Troup
V Clair Van Camp, Jack Vandegrift,
Jerry Vath, Benjamin Vaughan, John Velthouse,
George Vidusic, Colin Villines, David Vreeland
W Walter Wagner, Thomas Wakeman,
Richard Waidelich, Willard Wales,
Lawrence Weaver, William Weissker,
Jack Whitley, Ralph Willett,
Jim Williams, Ray Williamson,
Don Wilson, Ralph Wilson, Rufus Wilson,
Henry Winstell, Bob Witty, James Womack
Z Robert Zinkgraf, Richard Zinkowski,
John Zitnyar, John Zubeck, Ralph Zuranski
451st Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Squadron, 391st Bomb Group,
UK Marauder Bases, South African Air Force (SAAF),
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Martin B-26 Marauder
The Martin B-26 Marauder was a result of the need for a new and
improved medium size bomber. In 1939, the request was
out for a new aircraft that would exhibit the following
requirements: high speed, long range and a bomb load of
2,000 pounds.
In July of 1939, the proposal for the B-26 was submitted
and accepted, and the first production piece was flown
in November of 1940. This aircraft measured 58 feet 3
inches long and had a wingspan of 71 feet - weighing in
at 24,000 pounds (empty).
In its lifetime, over 5000 Marauders were produced. This
plane had an impressive war record, participating in
129,943 missions, dropping 169,382 tons of bombs. The
Marauder achieved these records with the loss rate of
less than one percent.
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