Tuesday 5 September 2017

Martin B-26B Marauder, American Users part two

We keep on with the Martin B-26B Marauder in USAAF's hands, and now it's the turn for two more squadrons.
The 37th Bombardment Squadron replaced their B-25 Mitchell by the B-26 Marauder in 1942 and flew them until the end of the war. As they were assigned to the Twelfth Air Force, they operated in the Mediterranean area before moving in 1943 to the United Kingdom and assigned to the Eighth Air Force to perform PSYOPS dropping supplies and propaganda leaflets.
Apparently, the 452nd Bombardment Squadron also used them when was part of the 322nd Bombardment Group and, assigned to the Eighth Air Force, was deployed in the European Theatre of Operations. They were based in the United Kingdom from December 1942 until September 1944 when they were rebased to Beauvais-Tille Airport, in North-Eastern France and later, to Le-Culot Airfield in Belgium where they remained until the end of the war.
Edit: This is our 500th post!










Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Martin_B-26_Marauder_operators
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_Bomb_Squadron
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/452d_Operations_Group
4. Signal Squadron - Aircraft in Action - Martin B-26 Marauder in Action

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