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Martin B-10
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1932· bomber aircraft
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 25th Bombardment Squadron B-10s: US Air Force Museum· Public domain
- 2. Dutch Martin Model 166: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 3. Martin B-10B during exercises: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 4. Martin B-10 Variant: Harold Wahlberg· CC0
- 5. Martin B-12A: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 6. Martin B-12 at March Field, Calif., on Nov. 19, 1935: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 7. Martin B-12 parked: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 8. Martin XB-14: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 9. Martin XB-907 in flight: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 10. Martin YB-10: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The Martin B-10 is a bomber aircraft designed by the Glenn L. Martin Company. Entering service in June 1934, it was the first all-metal monoplane bomber to be regularly used by the United States Army Air Corps. It was also the first mass-produced bomber whose performance was superior to that of the Army's pursuit aircraft of the time.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · mid-wing aircraft · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 21.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1932-02-16
- introduced
- 1934
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 121
- role
- bomber aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Glenn L. Martin Company
- engines
- 2× Wright R-1820-33 Cyclone (F-3) / R-1820-33
- crew
- 4
- length
- 13.6 m
- wingspan
- 21.5 m
- height
- 4.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,439 kg
- top speed
- 343 km/h
- cruise speed
- 311 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,376 m
- wings
- mid-wing aircraft
- landing gear
- retractable conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q714968, Wikipedia: Martin B-10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.