This has nothing to do with XB-26s, but is a pretty cool shot of a B-26 in training or service.
Airframes are replaceable, people aren't.
Cheers.
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The Martin XB-48 benefitted from the experiments on the '26.
A jet bomber from the era of not really knowing how to build a jet bomber.
The tandem gear would be seen on the B-51, B-47, B-52, U-2, and Hawker Siddeley Harrier, and I'm sure another dozen aircraft.
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XB-26H Serial No. 44-68221, AAF Museum.
Not a good look.
But I guess she served a purpose.
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XB-26 in silver, with red and white tail stripes, and a wicked short wing that would later be lengthened. Cheek guns would later be installed, as well as twin .50-cals in the top turret and tail. The prop spinners would be deleted, and additional air intakes installed on the cowlings.
Not sure when she got the name "Marauder"...
She deserved a prettier name, before they loaded her up with bumps and guns.
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Martin XB-26 Marauder prototype, a sleek, siler twin engined bomber with a high mid wing and tricycle gear.
I'll let others give you the history of the Martin B-26, I just thought on #MartinMonday you might want to see how pretty, and ugly, the XB-26 was.
I think this was around 1940, in competition with what would become the North American B-25.
XB-26 from the side.
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#MartinMonday comes to Bluesky!
Here's a look at his workspace in the audio lab complete with a "ragon" covering a tape machine.
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Silver bomber on approach.
Bicycle landing gear would show up in several other designs, including the B-47, B-52, and Hawker Kestrel/Harrier.
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Six engine jet bomber in front of a large hangar.
Only two prototypes of the XB-48 were built.
It lost in competition with Boeing’s XB-47.
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A Martin Marauder on odd looking landing gear.
Maybe the most interesting thing about the XB-48 was its bicycle landing gear.
This arrangement was tested on the XB-26H, the “Middle River Stump Jumper”.
Note external reinforcement on fuselage skin.
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A silver bomber that looks like it was drawn for a comic book.
So.
It’s #MartinMonday.
Here’s the XB-48.
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Martin PBM-3 Mariners undergo maintenance on a Central Pacific atoll.
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The ‘Island-Hopping Campaign’ wasn’t so much about taking territory from the Japanese, as it was about taking strategically important advanced bases for the naval campaign (mostly).
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PBM-1 Mariner on the ramp at the Martin Factory, ca. 1940. A large,silver, gull-winged, flying-boat being towed by a mustard colored tractor wit hard rubber wheels.
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Mariner had the standard ‘flying-boat awkwardness’ on dry land.
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Pre-war PBM-1 in Navy silver fuselage / chrome yellow wings livery, ca. 1940.
Editor’s note: While attributed to the Admiral, Yamamato may NOT have said this.
The first solid attribution of this quote is in the movie ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’.
More #MartinMonday Mariner.
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Martin assembly line, PBM Mariners
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"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve"
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
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Post-war USCG PBM-3C Mariner in flight over land. Silver dope fuselage and wings, with a yellow stripe on the fuselage, and yellow wing tips. All turrets have been removed as it has a ASR mission.
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Sticking with the USCG theme Mariner.
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JATO take-off of a USCG PBM-3C.
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The Mariner was way too competent to make fun of.
SEMPER PARATUS
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Elevated view of a twin engine biplane bomber from the 1920s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_MB-1?wprov=sfti1#
For all the airpower cranks.
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Here’s your MB-1
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In *10* minutes (11:15 PM EST) over on Mastodon - mastodon.social/@JohnnyDoesn... - using the hashtag #MartinMonday
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Is #MartinMonday held every Monday at midnight?
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OK! I'm about to host #MartinMonday (DOC MARTIN) but afterwards I will try to get you some links!
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#cinemon well, were going to be back on Mastodon at 11:15PM Eastern time for #MartinMonday as we continue through season 4.
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