Units using the Martin B-26 Marauder

Combat Units

United States Army Air Force

South West Pacific Area

22nd Bomb Group
HQ Squadron disbanded August 1942
2nd, 19th, 33rd and 408th Bomb Squadrons
18th Recon Sqdn  was  redesignated 408th Bomb Squadron prior to entering combat
69th and 70th Bomb Squadrons
Previously units of the 42nd Bomb Group, but operated in combat independently of the 42nd.

 Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

73rd and 77th Bomb Squadrons

42nd Bomb Wing, Mediterranean Theatre

17th Bomb Group
34th, 37th, 95th and 432nd Bomb Squadrons

319th Bomb Group
437th, 438th, 439th and 440th Bomb Squadrons

The 319th did not serve in the ETO. They flew the B-26 in the MTO until November 1944 when they converted to the B-25, until December 31,1944; were withdrawn from combat, and returned to the US, to convert to the A-26 for service in the 7th AAF in the Pacific, where they flew missions until the end of the war. They have the distinction of being the only Medium Bomb Group to fly all three Medium bombers in combat.

320th Bomb Group
441st, 442nd, 443rd and 444th Bomb Squadrons

Support Unit

Bomber Command Training Unit, Telergma

8th Air Support Command

322nd Bomb Group
449th, 450th, 451st and 452nd Bomb Squadrons

323rd Bomb Group
453rd, 454th, 455th and 456th Bomb Squadrons

386th Bomb Group
552nd, 553rd, 554th and 555th Bomb Squadrons

387th Bomb Group
556th, 557th, 558th and 559th Bomb Squadrons

8th USAAF

25th Bomb Group
654th Bomb Squadron

Training Units

6th Combat Crew Replacement Centre
1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
2nd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
1st Base Air Depot

9th USAAF

1st Pathfinder Squadron (Provisional)

322nd Bomb Group
449th, 450th, 451st and 452nd Bomb Squadrons

323rd Bomb Group
453rd, 454th, 455th and 456th Bomb Squadrons

344th Bomb Group
494th, 495th, 496th and 497th Bomb Squadrons

386th Bomb Group
552nd, 553rd, 554th and 555th Bomb Squadrons

387th Bomb Group
556th, 557th, 558th and 559th Bomb Squadrons

391st Bomb Group
572nd, 573rd, 574th and 575th Bomb Squadrons

394th Bomb Group
584th, 585th, 586th and 587th Bomb Squadrons

397th Bomb Group
596th, 597th, 598th and 599th Bomb Squadrons

410th Bomb Group
644th, 645th and 647th Bomb Squadrons

The 646th Bomb Squadron did not operate B26’s (Source: combat records Maxwell AFB)

Support Units

2nd Tactical Air Depot
28th.Tow Target Squadron
29th Tow Target Squadron

Royal Air Force

14 Squadron
39 Squadron  Balkan Air Force
70 Operational Training Unit
North African Air Forces

Support Unit

70 Operational Training Unit

South African Air Force

12 Squadron  North African Air Forces
21 Squadron  North African Air Forces
24 Squadron  North African Air Forces
25 Squadron  Balkan Air Force
30 Squadron  North African Air Forces

Free French Air Forces

GB 1/19  42nd Bomb Wing/1st Tactical Air Force
GB 1/22  42nd Bomb Wing/1st Tactical Air Force
GB 1/32  42nd Bomb Wing/1st Tactical Air Force
GB 2/20  42nd Bomb Wing/1st Tactical Air Force
GB 2/52  42nd Bomb Wing/1st Tactical Air Force
GB 2/63  42nd Bomb Wing/1st Tactical Air Force
GB 1/34  Equipped with B26 but not operational

UNITED STATES NAVY

VJ-1
VJ-2
VJ-7
VJ-8
VJ-9
VJ-10
VJ-12
VJ-13
VJ-14
VJ-15
VJ-16
VJ-17
VJ-18
VJ-19
VD-2  Photographic

UNITED STATES MARINES

VMTD-1  redesignated  VMJ-1
VMTD-2  redesignated  VMJ-2
VMTD-3  redesignated  VMJ-3

USAAF SUPPORT UNITS

21st Bomb Group  Operational Training Unit
313th, 314th, 315th and 398 Sqdns

42nd Bomb Group  Trained on B26’s but only two sqdns entered combat

335th Bomb Group  Replacement Training Unit
474th, 475th, 476th, and 477th Sqdns

336th Bomb Group  Replacement Training Unit
478th, 479th, 480th, and 481st Sqdns

Pilot Transition Training  Tarrant Field, TX; Del Rio, TX & Laughlin Field, TX

Pilot Transition Training  Dodge City, KS

TOW TARGET SQUADRONS

1st TTSqdn  Romulus & Bradley Field
2nd TTSqdn  Baltimore
6th TTSqdn  Biggs Field
7th TTSqdn  Wheeler
12th TTSqdn  Santa Rosa
13th TTSqdn  Bradley Field
15th TTSqdn  Elmendorf, Alaska
17th TTSqdn  Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii
19th TTSqdn  Biggs Field
20th TTSqdn  Casper,WY
21st TTSqdn  Felts Field, Walla Walla
23rd TTSqdn  Howard Field, Panama
27th TTSqdn  Biggs Field, Deming

ABU or BAS UNITS mainland USA

See attached pages (to be continued)

ABU's were Air Base Units and BAS were Baase air squadrons. Detachments of AT23's were sent to various Stateside bases to tow targets for aerial gunnery. While there they operated under their BAS designation.