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Registration / Serial: | 43-34581 |
Alternate Serial: | 295857 |
Military Code: | FW-K |
Aircraft Original Type: | Martin B-26 Marauder (179) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Martin B-26 Marauder (AT-23/JM-1) |
Aircraft Version: | Martin B-26G Marauder |
C/n (msn): | 8701 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDWF IATA: - Local: DWF Other: - |
Collection: | United States Air Force Museum |
Photo Date: | 23 July 1982 |
Photo by: | Glenn Chatfield |
Photo ID: | 530582 |
Photo Comment |
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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 This photo is copyright © Glenn Chatfield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 December 2022, and has since been viewed 551 times. |