Constructed as B-26G-11-MA 43-34581 by Martin at Baltimore, MD, in October 1944 it was delivered to Casablanca where it joined the Free French forces as s/n 334581, flying 37 combat missions by the end of WWII. After storage at Mont de Marsan, it was transferred to the Air France airline school at Vilgenis as a ground trainer in 1951. In June 1965 it was airfreighted by C-124 from Chateauroux AB to the USAF Museum where it initially went on display with its true serial, but by 1982 was repainted as now seen in the marks of a B-26B of the 387th BS/556th BG, 9th AF

9/44: TOS USAAF; ferried to Casablanca. 10/44: TOS Free French Air Force; assigned to Bombardment Group 1/32, 34th Escadrille. 11/44 to 4/45: Flew 37 combat missions. 5/45 to 10/45: Used for training missions. 3/46: Storage at Mont de Marsan, France. 1951: Air France Airline Training School, Vilgenis, France as a training airframe. 1964: Air Force Museum traded a C-47 for it. 6/65: Flown in a C-124 from Chateauraoux Air Base to Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. 10/70: Towed to new Museum at Wright Field. By 1982: Restoration had begun; marked as a B-26B of the 556th Bomb Squadron, ETO

9/44: TOS USAAF; ferried to Casablanca. 10/44: TOS Free French Air Force; assigned to Bombardment Group 1/32, 34th Escadrille. 11/44 to 4/45: Flew 37 combat missions. 5/45 to 10/45: Used for training missions. 3/46: Storage at Mont de Marsan, France. 1951: Air France Airline Training School, Vilgenis, France as a training airframe. 1964: Air Force Museum traded a C-47 for it. 6/65: Flown in a C-124 from Chateauraoux Air Base to Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. 10/70: Towed to new Museum at Wright Field. By 1982: Restoration had begun: marked as a B-26B of the 556th Bomb Squadron, ETO

Slide taken in the outdoor aircraft display area at the old museum on Patterson AFB. At this time the a/c still wore its correct serial number. It was acquired by the USAFM in 1965 from Air France, where it was used in their training school near Paris. This is a combat veteran, having seen action with the Free French Air Force during the last months of WW 2.

This Marauder is in reality 43-34581 and was flown in combat by the Free French during the final months of WWII. It is now on display at the National Museum of the USAF as 'Shootin in', a Ninth AF B-26B assigned to the 387th Bomb Group in 1945.