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Martin Maryland
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1939· light bomber
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Martin Model 167 Maryland. E(MOS)260: Royal Air Force official photographer· Public domain
- 2. Martin Maryland RAF North Africa: Royal Air Force official photographe; The original uploader was Bzuk at English Wikipedia .; 8 July 2007 (original upload date)· Public domain
- 3. Martin XA-22 13 April 1939: USAAF· Public domain
what is it?
The Martin Model 167 Maryland was an American light bomber that first flew in 1939. It saw action in World War II with France and the United Kingdom.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 18.7 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 3.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 2,100 km: 12× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939-03-14
- introduced
- 1940
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 450
- role
- light bomber
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Glenn L. Martin Company
- engines
- 2× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3-G Twin Wasp
- length
- 14.2 m
- wingspan
- 18.7 m
- height
- 5 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,624 kg
- top speed
- 489 km/h
- cruise speed
- 399 km/h
- range
- 2,100 km
- ceiling
- 8,992 m
- 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 Q783642, Wikipedia: Martin Maryland (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.