Flying the B-26 Airplane - The Martin "Marauder" (1944)
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Although rookie pilots found her tricky to handle during take-off and landing because of her abrupt stall, the Martin B-26 was liked and respected by more experienced air crew. Appropriately called "the Marauder," the high speed, and durability of this bomber made it well suited for low & medium level raids over Europe and the Pacific. The Marauder saw lots of action, and it's important roll in the Allied air offensive is often overlooked.
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The B 26 was a pure Fighter Bomber
With amazing armaments, speed and toughness.
12 - 50 calibers
Two 2,800 HP engines
5,000 lbs of bombs
300+ mph cruising speeds.
400 mph in a dive.
My Father did 153 missions in his ship
"Patty's Pig" ETO. EVERYBODY
survived without a sctatch.
A miracle. He loved that plane.
24 years old. Surving sometimes three missions in a 24 hour day!!!
After the war in France where I grew up
many old Luftewaffe pilots and 88 Flak batterry Germans expressed their mutual admiration for Marauders and pilots.
I like how he reads..."check brakes for excessive heat" and then lays his hand on the wheel. YYYeeeeoooocch!!!!
I love the thorough weather check they did at the beginning there-and ogling the secretary at the end. Being a pilot was tough work! 🤣
Thanks everyone ; I flew that ship when I was three months old.
From Algeria to Germany with Mum .
AWESOME ..X 1000... BRAVO...! Thanks a million to whom ever took their valuable time to share this wonderful history lesson with us...
Another production of USAAF's 1st Motion Picture Unit, based in Hollywood. The USAAF drafted and utilized hundreds of the motion picture industry's directors, writers, technicians and actors to produce hundreds of films for the military. In this film the flight instructor is played by character actor Don Porter, who later played the boss, Mr. Sands in the series 'The Ann Southern Show. The student/co-pilot is played by actor Craig Stevens, later starring in the 1950's series 'Peter Gunn.'
Thanks so much for uploading this! I have this film and a training film for the B-29 Superfortress Flight Engineer on a DVD that I can’t find right now! It’s a DVD collection that also features training films on evading capture for downed airmen and how to survive in the Arctic and the desert. Can’t remember the name of that collection now…
You can see why flying a prop aircraft...particularly older models like this...were WORK! Jets are like driving an "automatic" shift car compared with a prop "stick" shift.
It's amazing planes like these ever got into battle, what with all the complicated instructions. I wonder if the complete instructions were always carried out to a "T".
Some of this became instinctive I guess.
@@busterb11702 I flew both the old prop planes and the jets in the USAF. Prop aircraft ARE a little more work but after a while their operation becomes 2nd nature. But regarding those ole WWII aircraft; it's been estimated a total of nearly 80,000 airmen died in WWII. 15,000 of them died in accidents (mostly training accidents) within the boundaries of the USA. The complicated nature of these older prop planes could very well have played an part in boosting those training accidents.
@@badguy1481 Wow.
I knew we lost a tremendous amount of air crews early on in the bombing missions of the 8th Air Force.
Before the P-51 came into service.
That was combat.
I didn't realize so many were lost to accidents.
On this anniversary of D-Day, thank you for your service & God bless the Mighty 8th!
@@busterb11702 Aircrews were also lost in accidents "in theater" ( a little over 10,000) not related to combat. Many were lost while ferrying aircraft from the USA to the various theaters of the war. The figure for combat losses was about 52,000. Flying those old aircraft was dangerous, even when flak and enemy fighters were not involved.
My grandpa survived 3 crashes of these birds. Landing and takeoffs, feathering the props,... Air corps kept him back from combat to train airmen in Kansas and TX 1941-44. As navigator, he told my brothers and I of young pilots that were just not ready for the level of complications involved. Bailing out, tumbling down the runway, guts tied in knots, watching them burn, turned him into a carpenter after the war.
All 3 crew members made mistakes during the flight but only the enlisted man got busted . Some things never change.
Officers always protect each other.
Peter Gunn & Gidget’s dad 😊
And don't call me Shirley!
That's Beaver Cleaver's dad ... lol.
But the machine
b17
Bit rough on the cpl
Back in that day they could get their stripes back easy.
As a retired nco I would have launched my foot so far up everyone’s ass they would have had to open their mouths so I could keep them shined. That damn weasel corporal who didn’t step up in the water lane and take responsibility….oh my my my.
I think if the corp had done that perhaps the captain would’ve fought for him. Then again, cap was an instructor and not a leader in the field.
I’d rather lose my boot inside a bunch of boneheads (ass chewing) and not be liked than see a crew and its plane go down.
Ugly plane
Brother, I’ve seen worse. It’s like they couldn’t make up their minds “do I want an oversized fighter or do I want as anemic bomber.
F that the B 26 still looks great in 2023.
A bad ass fighter bomber that hauled ass
Dropped as much bomb weight (5,000 lbs) as a B 17.
Had 12 - 50 calibers.
And could dive to 400 mph to evade and outrun any German fighter, UN loaded
With TWO 2,800 HORSE POWER
ENGINES..!!
UGLY ? What a crock of "#*!?###!!!!
BEAUTIFUL and LEGENDARY.