song about Martin Marauder (B-26)

Subject: RE: Martin Marauder (B-26)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Jan 01 - 11:04 AM

Matt - you mean the Sunderland, don't you? Huge British flying boat, called the "flying porcupine" by the Germans, because it carried a lot of defensive armament and was tough to bring down.

- LH

Subject: RE: Martin Marauder (B-26)
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jan 01 - 11:07 AM

.......and as a bomber, made an excellent big,slow,flying boat.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Martin Marauder (B-26)
From: sledge
Date: 09 Jan 01 - 11:18 AM

Litle hawk, I think you were looking for the Fairy Barracuda as an ugly planr candidate earlier. It rteally failed in the looks department, especialy with the indercarriage down, the Sea Fury in the other hand what a beauty.

Sledge

Subject: RE: Martin Marauder (B-26)
From: sledge
Date: 09 Jan 01 - 12:14 PM

AndyG there is a project at Duxford in the UK to get a Beaufighter back into the air, about 60% complete I think.

Mat there is a Sunderland based in Florida owned by Kermit Weeks, the only flying example left.

Other back into the air projects in the UK include, an FW 189, Me 110 and a sabre engined tempest.

Subject: RE: Martin Marauder (B-26)
From: GUEST,Bob Schwarer
Date: 09 Jan 01 - 12:36 PM

That Sunderland is at Fantasy of Flight at Polk City. They had it parked by I-4 for a while but I think it is back at the main attraction now.

They had a C-47 nosed over for a time. That generated a LOT of interest. It's well worth the trip over there if you're in the area. I think they have a Spitfire, but may be a Hurricane. I'ts been several years since I was there. (It may be an 80% repro too. I just don't remember)

Bob S.

Subject: RE: Martin Marauder (B-26)
From: GUEST,colwyn dane
Date: 09 Jan 01 - 07:04 PM

Hi,

IMHO some of the WWII-winning aircraft were:

Supermarine Spitfire - probably the most famous combat aircraft in history? Total produced 20,334.

Vought F4U Corsair - first US aircraft to break 400mph; 12,571 produced between 1942-1952.

North American P51 Mustang - designed, built and flown in the space of 117 days - total produced 15,586.

Yakoviev Yak-3 - when the Normandie-Niemen group had the choice of all available US/British/Soviet fighters they opted for the Yak-3 - production of the yak-1, -3, -7 and -9 was approximately 37,000.

Avro Lancaster - could carry 22,000 lbs of bomb - total production was 7,377.

Douglas A26 Invader [later rebuilt as B26K] - served with combat units 1943-1976. A total of 1,355 A-26's were delivered.

DeHavilland 98 Mosquito
This is my own favourite and it was a jack-of-all trades, perhaps, the first multi-role combat aircraft. A total of 7,781 of all marks (nearly 50) were built in Britain, Canada and Australia.
It was used as: p-recce/nightfighter/trainer/bomber/fb/intruder/carrier-borne/strategic-recce/torpedo
and carried the mails to parts of neutral Europe.
As a bomber with just two crew it could carry as great a bomb load faster, farther and higher than some of the four-engined bombers which carried upto 11 crew members.
A great plane.

Regards,
Colwyn.