Is there a squadron number he was he flying with? I myself have never heard of a mixed squadron in the USAAF. Dates would be helpful as well. Serial numbers may be mentioned in his flight diary
British Commonwealth[edit]
In 1942, a batch of 52 B-26A Marauders (designated Marauder I by the RAF) were offered to the United Kingdom under
Lend-Lease. Like the earlier
Martin Maryland and
Baltimore, these aircraft were sent to the Mediterranean, replacing the
Bristol Blenheims of
No. 14 Squadron in Egypt. The Squadron flew its first operational mission on 6 November 1942, being used for long range reconnaissance,
mine-laying and anti-shipping strikes.
[32] Unlike the USAAF, 14 Squadron made productive use of the equipment for carrying torpedoes, sinking several merchant ships with this weapon. The Marauder also proved useful in disrupting enemy air transport, shooting down considerable numbers of German and Italian transport aircraft flying between Italy and North Africa.
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In 1943, deliveries of 100 long-wingspan B-26C-30s (Marauder II) allowed two squadrons of the
South African Air Force,
12 and
24 Squadron to be equipped, these being used for bombing missions over the
Aegean Sea,
Crete and Italy. A further 350 B-26Fs and Gs were supplied in 1944, with two more South African squadrons (
21 and
30) joining No 12 and 24 in Italy to form an all-Marauder equipped wing, while one further SAAF squadron (
25) and a new RAF squadron (
39 Squadron), re-equipped with Marauders as part of the
Balkan Air Force supporting
Tito's
Partisans in
Yugoslavia. A Marauder of 25 Squadron SAAF, shot down on the unit's last mission of World War II on 4 May 1945, was the last Marauder lost in combat by any user.
[34] The British and South African aircraft were quickly scrapped following the end of the war, the United States not wanting the return of the Lend-Lease aircraft.
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