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B26.COM is dedicated to Martin B-26 Marauder Men who
fought in World War 2. Personal accounts, photos of
crews
and planes, and related information.
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The first Martin B-26 Marauder mission flown was by
the 22nd Bomb Group on April 5, 1942. Launched from Garbutt Field, Australia the
B26's staged through 7 mile drome near Port Moresby, New Guinea to strike the Japanese
base at Rabaul, New Britain. The B26's had to stage through 7 mile drome to top off
the gas tanks to enable them to reach Rabaul and then fly back to Port Moresby. The
conditions encountered by the crews of the 22nd Bomb Group were primitive in the extreme
by comparison with those of the 9th Army Air Force (AAF) crews later in the war.
The
last bombing mission by a Martin B-26 Marauder Group was
that flown on May 1, 1945 by the 17th Bomb Group 1st Tactical Air Force. They bombed
the gun positions on the Isle d'Oleron, France. The last Martin
B-26 Marauder mission was flown by the
1st Pathfinder Squadron when 8 of
their B26's led 130 Douglas A26's of the 386th, 391st, 409th and 416th Bomb Groups to the Stod Ammo plant in Czechoslovakia on May 3, 1945.
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The following Marauder Men and their families helped us to tell their stories -
thank you!
A Bob Ahrens, Richard Ainsworth,
Manuel Albuquerque, E.J. Allen,
John Allen, Andy
Anderson,
Max Anderson,
Roland C. Anderson, Jean Annez de Taboada,
Casimer Apolinski, John Armstrong, Joseph Armstrong, Carl Arnold,
Michael Astuto
B Julius Bargholz, Edgar Beal,
Wendell Beazer, Del
Bentley, Sherman Best,
George Blancard, Julian Blount, Jack Bogle,
Lloyd Bond, Tom
Bond, Nick Bouras, Bob Bouse, Paul
Brady, Willis Brainard, Mark Bratton,
Ivan Breaux, Robert Brockett, Robert Brockhouse,
Christian Burger, Warren Butterfield, Andrew Byrd
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Bob Carden,
Francis Carney, Kenneth Carty, Nels Cassano, Joseph Castoro,
Rollin Childress, Everett Chrisco, Curtis Church,
Bill Churchman,
John Citti, Maurice
Cohen, Joe Coleman, Robert Conlen, Joe Connery, Ed
Constable, Robert Coseo, William Cox, Charles Crecelius, George Croote, Russ Crumrine,
Comelous Cruse
D Gene DeLorenzo, Myron Denny,
Francis Dickason, Norman Disharoon,
Michael Donahoe, Joe Donato,
Fred Dopheide,
Harold Dorsen,
Glenn Doyal, Clyde
Duke
E Roy Edge,
Dwight Edwards,
John Egan, Paul Ellzey, Malcolm Enlow, Don Epstein,
Paul Ermler,
Mal Ernest,
Jesse Eubank
F Jim Farrell,
Luther Feagin, Robert Felt, Samuel Findley, Frank
Fitzer,
Eugene Fletcher, Girard Forcella,
John Ford, Armin Frank,
Clifton
Freeman,
Don Frisbie
G Moses Gatewood,
David Gearing,
Nathan Geren,
Joseph Gisavage,
James Glattly, David Gleason,
Fletcher Glenn, Leonard Goldberg, Lee Goodwin, Paul
Gowey, Sidney Grahn,
James Gray,
Robert Gridley, Leo Green,
Paul Guertin
H Boyd Hall,
Robert Hammerberg,
Thomas Handlon, Albert
Hands, Elmer Hansard, Clyde Harkins,
Howard Hartley,
John Hartman,
Robert Harwell, Ted Harwood,
Homer Hash,
John
Helden, Ben Hicks, Albert Hill,
Henry Hill,
Donald Hines,
Arlie Hitchcock, Sterling Hoch, Jim Hoel,
Leonard Holmes, Thomas
Holland, Bill Hornbarger, Jim Houston, Thomas Howard,
Stanley Hughes
J "Bud" Jackson, Willard Jacobson, James Jones,
Paul Jorgensen,
Kenneth Juhl
K Wilmoth Keller,
George Kelly, James Kelley, Wetzel Kimball,
Francis Kirby,
Bob Kiriakides,
Mahlon Kiscaden, Lloyd Kisner, Edward Klemz, Chester Klier,
David Knight, Joe Knight,
Eddie Kozlowski,
Lewis Kranz,
Lawrence Kreissler, Delbert Kretschmar,
Stanley Kucinski, Joe Kurill
L Bill
Laberee, Matteo LaMuraglia,
Oliver Lane, Kenneth Larsen, Robert Lawrence,
Garnett Lawton, Jack Laydon, Joe
Lazar,
Léon Lebreau, Chalender Lesher, Darrell Lindsey, Lee Lipkis, John
Long, William Lopatin,
Lloyd Love, Domitilo Lucero
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John Magella, Peyton Magruder, Hugh Manson,
James Marcus, Ralph
Marble, Merrill Matthews,
Floyd Mauth, John McBride,
John
McCabe,
Robert McCallum,
Eugene McCarthy, James McCarty,
John McClurkin, Frank McKeown,
Robert McMillan,
Weldon Mellody,
John Merrill,
Roy Meyer, Curtis Miller,
Joseph Miller,
Victor Mitel,
Hank Moen, John Moench,
Floyd Monroe,
Elliott Moorhead,
Thomas Morgan,
William Morgart,
Louis
Morin, Edward Munge, Eckard Munsch, Odell Myers
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Merv Neis,
John Nemeth,
John Newman, Edward Nielsen, Albert Norman,
James Norton
O William O'Brien,
Edwin Odell,
William O'Hara, Roscoe Orr,
John O'Shaughnessy,
Paul Ostrom,
Robert Ozburn
P Ed Pakish, Clint Palmer,
Herchel Palmer,
Perry Parish,
Harry Patterson,
Joseph Peachman,
John Perry,
John D. Perry, Jr.,
Max Petrisek, William Phillips, Gaston Poulin,
Edward Proctor, Donald Proudfit
R Eli Radanovich,
William Reynolds,
Wilson Riedy, Herbert Ritter,
Clark Roberds,
Richard Robinson,
Joseph Ross, Donald Round,
Carl Royer
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Charlie Salas,
Henry Samspon,
Robert Schacht, Eugene
Schultz, Phil Scheier,
Kenneth Schell, Richard Schlosser,
William Schulte, Roland Scott, Earl Seagars,
Roy Seymour,
John Sharpe,
Bill Shaughnessy, Donald Short,
Harold Simmons,
James Skinner,
Joseph Sloane, Parker Smilie, Gayle Smith, James
Smith, Sydney Smith,
Acile Sneed,
Casimier Sochocki, Worth Speed,
Harry Sperry,
Paul Stach,
Donald Stangle,
Paul Starr,
Allen Stephens,
Royce Stephens, Mont Stephensen, Myron Sterngold,
Joe Stevens,
Edward Stiffler, Bill Stuckey, Jim Stratton, Leo Sugerman, James Sweeney,
Eugene Swinford
T Herbert Tanner,
Robert Tate,
Les Tenold, Harold Tharp,
Burl Thompson, Bernard Thompson,
Clifford Thompson,
Sonny Timbers,
Edward Tipton,
Chuck Tompkins, Jay Troup
V Clair Van Camp,
Jack Vandegrift,
Jerry Vath,
Benjamin Vaughan, John Velthouse, Colin Villines
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Walter Wagner, Thomas Wakeman, Willard Wales,
Lawrence Weaver,
William Weissker, Jack Whitley,
Ralph Willett,
Jim Williams, Ray Williamson,
Don Wilson, Ralph Wilson, Rufus Wilson,
Henry Winstell, Bob Witty,
James Womack
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Richard Zinkowski,
John Zitnyar,
John Zubeck, Ralph Zuranski
451st Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Squadron, 391st Bomb Group, UK Marauder Bases, South African Air Force (SAAF), The Flying Wedge (456th
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"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any
price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure
the survival and the success of liberty."
President John F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address
January 20, 1961
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