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From: jfb@usgp1.ih.att.com (Joe Baugher)
Subject: Bomber Series--Martin B-26 Marauder (16 of 18)
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Summary: JM-1 for US Navy
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The AT-23B was a stripped version of the B-26C that was used for 
target towing by the USAAF.  Two hundred and twenty-five of these 
AT-23Bs were delivered to the US Navy as JM-1, where the J stood for a 
general utility category used by the Navy from 1931 through 1955.  
BuNos were 66595 through 66794 and 75183 through 75207.  The JM-1 was 
used by the Navy for target towing and other general utility duties.  
It was never used in combat.  Many Navy JM-1s were painted with a 
bright orange-yellow finish, but the USAAF AT-23Bs retained their 
natural metal finish.  

A few JM-1s were converted for reconnaissance duties under the 
designation JM-1P.  

Sources:

   Famous Bombers of the Second World War, William Green,
   Doubleday, 1959.

   The Martin B-26 Marauder, J. K. Havener, TAB Aero, 1988.

   The Martin B-26B and C Marauder, Ray Wagner, Aircraft in
   Profile, Doubleday, 1965.

   Jane's American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century,
   Michael J.H. Taylor, Mallard Press.

   American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner,
   Doubleday, 1982.

   United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911, Gordon Swanborough and
   Peter M. Bowers, Naval Institute Press, 1990.

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