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Martin B-26 Marauder
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1940· medium bomber
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Martin B-26G in Dayton: date unknown· Public domain
- 2. B-26B Flak Damage: U.S. Air Force· Public domain
- 3. B-26G: Fritzmann2002· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. B-26 Le Bourget 01: User:PpPachy· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 5. B-26 Susie-Q: Martin Čížek· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. B 26: Photo by: Charles E. Brown. The original uploader was Bzuk at English Wikipedia ., 2007-02-14 (original upload date)· Public domain
- 7. Martin B-26C Marauder N5546N CAF HRL 18.10.75 edited-2: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Martin Marauder ExCC: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 9. "Give us More B-26's" - NARA - 514394: Unknown author Unknown author or not provided· Public domain
- 10. 323d Bombardment Group B-26 42-107622: United States Army Air Forces· Public domain
what is it?
The Martin B-26 Marauder is a twin-engined medium bomber designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company. Development of the B-26 started in 1939 in response to a United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) requirement for a new twin-engined bomber. Martin's proposal, internally designated as the Model 179, featured numerous firsts for the service, including powered turrets, self-sealing fuel tanks, and an all-plastic nose.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · retractable tricycle gear · 21.6 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Top speed is 3.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.6 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1940-11-25
- introduced
- 1941
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5,288
- role
- medium bomber
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Glenn L. Martin Company
- engines
- 2× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-43 Double Wasp
- length
- 17.8 m
- wingspan
- 21.6 m
- height
- 6.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 16.8 t
- top speed
- 462 km/h
- cruise speed
- 348 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,401 m
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q836438, Wikipedia: Martin B-26 Marauder (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.