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B-26 Marauder
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B-26 Marauder


B-26 Marauder Specifications
Primary Function: Medium bomber
Contractor: Martin Company
Crew: Seven
Unit Cost: $227,000 (B-26G)
Powerplant (B-26A below)
  Two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-5 Double Wasp radial engines, rated at 1850 hp each
Dimensions
Length: 58 ft, 3 in
Wingspan: 65 ft
Height: 19 ft, 10 in
Weights
Empty: 21,741 lb
Max. Takeoff: 33,022 lb
Performance
Speed: 313 mph
Ceiling: 23,500 ft
Range: 2,600 miles max.
Armament
  One 0.30-inch machine gun in nose cone, two 0.50-inch machine guns in dorsal turret, one 0.30-inch machine gun in lower fuselage, one 0.50-inch machine gun in tail, 5,800 lb bombs.
Service Life
First Flight: November 25, 1940
End of Service: most retired by 1948
end of production in 1945
Number Built: [5,266 total (all countries)]
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B-26 Marauder Achievements
  • The B-26 had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber in WWII.
  • The Marauder was the only Army bomber to drop torpedoes
  • Many Marauder variants are still in use in Canada for forest fire control.
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B-26 Marauder Photos
B-26 Marauder
Photo courtesy Bud Norris
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