Marauder

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The Marauder is a World War II-era American twin‑engine medium bomber aircraft officially designated the Martin B‑26.

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Marauder canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medium bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine bomber ⓘ
aircraftFamily Martin B‑26 series ⓘ
aircraftRole medium bomber ⓘ
armamentType machine guns ⓘ
bombLoad up to 4000 lb of bombs ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 7 ⓘ
designGoal high‑speed medium bomber ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1940-11-25 ⓘ
fuselageType all‑metal monocoque ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company ⓘ
maxSpeed about 315 mph ⓘ
nationalOrigin United States ⓘ
nicknamed Widowmaker ⓘ
notableFeature high landing speed in early variants ⓘ
high wing loading ⓘ
numberBuilt over 5200 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
officialDesignation Martin B‑26 ⓘ
operator Eighth Air Force ⓘ
Ninth Air Force ⓘ
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R‑2800 Double Wasp ⓘ
primaryMission tactical bombing ⓘ
productionPeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
range about 1100 miles ⓘ
retired late 1940s ⓘ
secondaryMission maritime patrol ⓘ
torpedo bombing ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 21000 ft ⓘ
serviceEntryEra World War II ⓘ
successor Douglas A‑26 Invader ⓘ
tailConfiguration single vertical stabilizer ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
usedBy Free French Air Forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

Royal Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
usedIn close air support ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
wingConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martin B-26 Marauder → nickName → Marauder ⓘ