A fast American twin-engine medium bomber that served extensively in the Mediterranean and European theaters.
Development
Martin B-26 Marauder was developed by Glenn L. Martin Company in United States as a bomber. The family first flew in 1940 and entered service in 1941. Its recorded airframe configuration is fixed wing, with the family classified in the archive as core combat-aircraft scope.
Operational History
Operationally, Martin B-26 Marauder is represented primarily in the bomber role. The sourced variant records include service with United States Army Air Forces. Its documented combat-history coverage includes World War II. Role tags attached to the family include tactical bomber.
Variants and Lineage
Major variants represented in the structured record include B-26B.
Variants
| Designation | Type | Role | Recorded operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| B-26B | Production | Bomber | United States Army Air Forces |
Representative specifications
Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.
Martin B-26 Marauder — B-26G museum-reference configuration
- Length
- 17.83 m
- Wingspan
- 21.64 m
- Height
- 6.17 m
- Maximum speed
- 458.66 km/h
- Range
- 1,770.28 km
- Service ceiling
- 6,035.04 m
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 · 1,491.4 kW
Armament: Eleven .50-caliber machine guns and up to 4,000 lb of bombs in the museum-described B-26G configuration.
Sources and further reading
Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.
- Martin B-26G Marauder — National Museum of the United States Air Force · Tier 1
- American Combat Planes — Doubleday · Tier 3