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Looks like an AT-23 or TB-26.June 1944 D-day stripes
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Unreinforced nose, no armament, no top turret, faired over tail position.
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Continuing on from the training film in the weapons thread, here are some more B-26 film appearances in the internet archive:
View: https://archive.org/embed/84384ArmyAirForceAircraftInstruments
B-26 timestamps:
01:09 B-26-MAs in formation (identified from shape and fuselage insignia/roundel)
01:13, 02:53, 04:23, 05:33 B-26-MA "46" (brief exterior shots at timecodes, model identified from fuselage insignia/roundel)
01:27-05:39 B-26-MA "radio call number 2654, B26-B-1684321, Net Weight 18,000 lb, delivered 4-11-41"(instrument panel shots, likely a ground trainer based on nonsensical radio call and mismatch between -MA and B instrument panels, which are very different)
04:25 Navigator, instruments and panel
05:11 Bombardier and panel
10:53-11:51 B-26B 41-17724 ("B-26B-1" MTO Mod, used for exterior shots)
11:00-11:51 B-26B 41-17604 (used for interior shots)
11:51 B-26-MA "C01" (no turret, seems to have designators on the tail but those are blurry, model identified from shape and fuselage insignia/roundel)
12:05 B-26-MA (has turret, model identified from shape and fuselage insignia/roundel)
View: https://archive.org/embed/88474-airplane-hydraulic-brakes
B-26 timestamps:
04:58-05:16 B-26-MA 40-1463 (no turret, serial identified by 163 number painted on the nose, consistent with markings of the 3rd round of service testing)
View: https://archive.org/embed/111-tf-3348-how-to-fly-the-b-26-airplane-loading
B-26 timestamps:
00:44 B-26-MA, A or B "Star Dust" (based on the spinners and nose cone)
00:54 B-26C-5 41-34??? (MTO Mod)
02:00 B-26B 1167? (hard to read, assume same aircraft shown in the ending)
03:45-04:16 B-26C-5 or later, given mechanical linkages from main gear to gear doors.
08:04 How to use the B-26's Load Adjuster
23:22 B-26B 1167 (same number was painted on multiple aircraft in the longer How to Fly the B-26 training film available on youtube, the main one being 41-17645)
View: https://archive.org/embed/NPC-1966
B-26B-MA 41-175?? shown at 04:39, shot is mirrored. This is an interesting one. Wrecked right next to a B-17, and the clips right after show a damaged F4F and the sole surviving TBF from the battle of Midway, 8-T-1. If the clips are related (which they might not be, a commenter says a lot of the footage is Pearl Harbor), this could be the only footage/photo of the B-26B that Capt. James F. Collins flew during the battle, the serial number of which is given in Lawrence Hickey's limited-print Sun Setters of the Southwest Pacific book. Based on the accounts I can find, Collins' nose gear either failed to extend or failed to lock after extending, with him ordering the crew to the back of the plane and holding the nose off as long as possible before it hit the runway, which would match with the photo. Here it is unmirrored:
Again, very high chance this isn't what I think it is, really not much context on the footage. It could be any B-26B-MA that suffered a nose gear collapse in the Pacific, and records are spotty there. Only reason I say this even could be Collins' plane is because there were only around 30 B-26B-MAs in the Pacific.
Edit 07/07/2024: Originally claimed the yoke/control wheel identified the aircraft in the instrument training film as a B-26A and B-26B as this is what is depicted in the manuals. However, this is inaccurate. Both Martin's drawings and pilot reports confirm that most, if not all B-26-MAs had the same yoke/control wheel.
View: https://archive.org/embed/84384ArmyAirForceAircraftInstruments
B-26 timestamps:
01:09 B-26-MAs in formation (identified from shape and fuselage insignia/roundel)
01:13, 02:53, 04:23, 05:33 B-26-MA "46" (brief exterior shots at timecodes, model identified from fuselage insignia/roundel)
01:27-05:39 B-26-MA "radio call number 2654, B26-B-1684321, Net Weight 18,000 lb, delivered 4-11-41"(instrument panel shots, likely a ground trainer based on nonsensical radio call and mismatch between -MA and B instrument panels, which are very different)
04:25 Navigator, instruments and panel
05:11 Bombardier and panel
10:53-11:51 B-26B 41-17724 ("B-26B-1" MTO Mod, used for exterior shots)
11:00-11:51 B-26B 41-17604 (used for interior shots)
11:51 B-26-MA "C01" (no turret, seems to have designators on the tail but those are blurry, model identified from shape and fuselage insignia/roundel)
12:05 B-26-MA (has turret, model identified from shape and fuselage insignia/roundel)
View: https://archive.org/embed/88474-airplane-hydraulic-brakes
B-26 timestamps:
04:58-05:16 B-26-MA 40-1463 (no turret, serial identified by 163 number painted on the nose, consistent with markings of the 3rd round of service testing)
View: https://archive.org/embed/111-tf-3348-how-to-fly-the-b-26-airplane-loading
B-26 timestamps:
00:44 B-26-MA, A or B "Star Dust" (based on the spinners and nose cone)
00:54 B-26C-5 41-34??? (MTO Mod)
02:00 B-26B 1167? (hard to read, assume same aircraft shown in the ending)
03:45-04:16 B-26C-5 or later, given mechanical linkages from main gear to gear doors.
08:04 How to use the B-26's Load Adjuster
23:22 B-26B 1167 (same number was painted on multiple aircraft in the longer How to Fly the B-26 training film available on youtube, the main one being 41-17645)
View: https://archive.org/embed/NPC-1966
B-26B-MA 41-175?? shown at 04:39, shot is mirrored. This is an interesting one. Wrecked right next to a B-17, and the clips right after show a damaged F4F and the sole surviving TBF from the battle of Midway, 8-T-1. If the clips are related (which they might not be, a commenter says a lot of the footage is Pearl Harbor), this could be the only footage/photo of the B-26B that Capt. James F. Collins flew during the battle, the serial number of which is given in Lawrence Hickey's limited-print Sun Setters of the Southwest Pacific book. Based on the accounts I can find, Collins' nose gear either failed to extend or failed to lock after extending, with him ordering the crew to the back of the plane and holding the nose off as long as possible before it hit the runway, which would match with the photo. Here it is unmirrored:
Again, very high chance this isn't what I think it is, really not much context on the footage. It could be any B-26B-MA that suffered a nose gear collapse in the Pacific, and records are spotty there. Only reason I say this even could be Collins' plane is because there were only around 30 B-26B-MAs in the Pacific.
Edit 07/07/2024: Originally claimed the yoke/control wheel identified the aircraft in the instrument training film as a B-26A and B-26B as this is what is depicted in the manuals. However, this is inaccurate. Both Martin's drawings and pilot reports confirm that most, if not all B-26-MAs had the same yoke/control wheel.
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Martin B-26B-50-MA 42-95843 RATIONED PASSION( 391st BG, 575th BS ) damaged by AAA and crash landed after damage by flak Mar 9, 1945
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frontal in flight 391st Bomb Group IN FLIGHT on BOMB MISSION
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Captured beute Gun detail name Jimmy Spence tailgunner.
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Nice pics.
There's a B-17 behind the B-26 in the first shot.
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"Original WWII Photo early Pacific B-26 Marauder's"
I know I've spent too long looking at early B-26s because I can pretty confidently identify all three as:
B-26 40-1503 "Maybe", B-26 40-1406 "Reluctant (Dragon)" and B-26 40-1404 "Shittenengitten." They belong to the 22nd BG 33rd BS, tail tips were painted yellow in October of 1942. Note all have their astrodomes extended.
Original WWII Photo early Pacific B-26 Marauder's | eBay
I know I've spent too long looking at early B-26s because I can pretty confidently identify all three as:
B-26 40-1503 "Maybe", B-26 40-1406 "Reluctant (Dragon)" and B-26 40-1404 "Shittenengitten." They belong to the 22nd BG 33rd BS, tail tips were painted yellow in October of 1942. Note all have their astrodomes extended.
Original WWII Photo early Pacific B-26 Marauder's | eBay
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386th Bomb Group Marauder France 1944 Color
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Martin B-26C-45-MO 42-107544 GREMLIN HOTEL 432nd BS
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