Martin B-26 s Marauder "Bonnie"

zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

B-26 Marauder Folks:

Does anyone has info/other angles of this bird? Martin B-26 Marauder assigned to USMC as JM-1 c.1950s. Poss Buno 66595. Photo Navy Archives c. 1956. Letters at the R/S of nose read: "FT". Place Ukn.
Tks

The Inspector · **Posted:** Tue May 14, 2013 11:56 pm

l/n 2359, as 41-35538, TB-26C/AT-23B Omaha built

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

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zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

Mike:

Tks for the info,links & data on B-26 N66595 is an elusive aircraft with many IDs. We are still digging after so many years.

p.s Would love to run into pictures/details of it when it did get back to the US c.1951 fm Central America.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu May 16, 2013 12:36 pm

There are a number of photos of it in ContiCanCo markings on line.

zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

Inspector:

Tks for the info/data. The ones on line are the ones after the Marauders were modified at Air Research of Calif. c. 1952.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu May 16, 2013 11:18 pm

zorro7 wrote:

Inspector:

Tks for the info/data. The ones on line are the ones after the Marauders were modified at Air Research of Calif. c. 1952.

My friend and muse who's now 84 worked on them @ AIR RESEARCH. In addition to a 'very G.D. heavy and bulky curved couch' in the aft fuelage, the aircraft had as Stew puts it, 'enough avionics and radio/radar gear to navigate to the Moon.
They also took care of REXALL DRUGS' B-23 which one H. Huges would 'borrow' when his was in maintenance and mention that he might go to 'XYZ'. Then, when REXALL needed to go someplace the hanger manager would have to call every airport in the vicinity of 'XYZ' and ask if 'N XXXXX is on your field'. If it was then REXALLS pilots would have to commercial in, get the airplane and fly it back to L.A. Once they ran into a very P.O.ed guy who demanded to know where Hughes was since he'd borrowed the guys new Oldsmobile and just drove off. :evil:

zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

Inspector:

Good Day!

Any chance you can get with your friend of Air Research & see what he has for poss pictures of the Marauder era at his shop. c. 1950s??

Tks

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri May 17, 2013 10:14 am

zorro7 wrote:

Inspector:

Good Day!

Any chance you can get with your friend of Air Research & see what he has for poss pictures of the Marauder era at his shop. c. 1950s??

Tks

I don't think so, he was just 'one 'o the guys' when he worked there. I have seen, in the past, a photo of the curved couch being installed on line, but don't recall seeing Stews face in the picture. It looked like one of those overstuffed tuck and button leather 'men's club' things.

zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

Martin B-26 Marauder Folks:

Good Day!

If anyone has seen a Navy/USMC JM-1/2 with a Buno 66595 plz post for ID purposes.

It seems now, that in c. 1950s while in a civilian scheme 2 Marauders used Buno 66595 for id purposes.

The specific sample that we are looking for is a bare metal scheme with the Reg N66595 at the tail or on the sides of the aft fuselage. The sample below looks similar to the poss scheme worn by this aircraft c. 1950s.Photo via Navy Archives. Tks

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