Subject: Bomber Series--Martin B-26 Marauder (7 of 18)

From: [email-masked] (Joe Baugher)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 14:30:53 GMT

The RAF received 123 B-26C-30-MOs under the designation Marauder II.  
Serials were FB400 through FB522.  100 of them (FB418 through FB517) 
were delivered to the South African Air Force, and formed the initial 
equipment of Nos 12, 21, 24, 25, and 30 Squadrons.  As part of the 
Desert Air Force, they supported the Allied force in the invasion of 
Italy.  

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.

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