Martin B-26 Marauder | WW2 Twin Engined Medium Bomber Nicknamed "Widowmaker" And "Flying Coffin"

[@mike158193]

Love the video. My wife’s great uncle Eugene McCarty flew 60 missions in a B-26. He started with the 450th BG and ended with the 391st BG where he was mortally wounded as a tail gunner on a mission. He now rests at home in Koppel Pa. Many of our boys gave the ultimate sacrifice and it couldn’t have been done without the B-26 and their relentless bombing missions.

[@larryburwell8550]

My dad Jim Burwell was a radio operator/gunner on the B-26 Bat outa Hell II 131623 tail number of the 323rd bg 455th BS. he flew 61 missions over France and germany starting with 2 missions on D-Day. 323rd are the white tail planes with the big white strip on the tail and all planes plane id started with YU. my dads was YU G.

[@Dronescapes]

Bless him, Larry

[@collinmccallum]

those pilots must have been freezing cold!

[@DennisRex-c4c]

The B-18 won production orders because the first B-17 crashed at the end of service trials due to the flight crew failing to unlock the tail control surfaces.