B-26's ...

[DLSheley]

Quite a few of the captions for the photos are from my Flickr page and are the product of a ton of research on my part. While I can't (and don't want to) lay claim to the photos, the captions are another matter. I don't really care about them being used, just give a little credit for my research.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougshele ... 4321413274

[AG pilot]

DL, thanks for the link to your images, they are outstanding.

[Mark Allen M]

Here we go again with the asking for credit deal. I'll explain it again for the 10,000th time. When I post photos anywhere, if I even remotely have a clue where they ORIGINALLY came from, you can be sure I'll give proper credit. I've been doing my best at that for years. If I have no clue where or who they came from then I roll the dice and take my chances. Sorry you didn't get your credit for your hard work, but you got it now. Also sorry your work has been scattered about the Internet on countless websites that give absolutely NO credit to you. If there is any caption that solely belongs to you I officially give you full credit now and a big thank you from all of us who only want to learn some good stuff.

May I suggest sending me a PM next time you have an issue? I'm not hard to find around here and I'm very reasonable.

Guess I should add some B-26 photos back into this thread. EDIT: I just went back and edited all the posts I created back in 2012 in this thread to reflect and direct to your link. If this is indeed your work (as I have no clue who you are either) I'll take your word for it, as I've stated, I've seen much of it scattered around the www for a long time. Just didn't know it was your stuff. This is the best I'll do for you.

Thanks again for the hard and thorough work.


We're all sorry and from now on we're just going to go take our own photos ...

[DLSheley]

Sorry for sounding like such an a-hole.



This is me.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougsheley/

[Mark Allen M]

Sorry for sounding like such an a-hole. .

Don't be sorry or the majority of the rest of us will have be sorry as well, and we don't want to be sorry lol

This is me.

If either guy "is you" ... then you do know your 'dead' right?

Why not just post some B-26 photos.

[Mark Allen M]

H*ll I'll be happy to post more B-26 photos ... my quality of B-26 photos has vastly improved since way back when I started this thread. For those interested in the B-26 Marauder ... Here's a few more for your consumption.

Photo credits: me ... and long ago deceased photographers. May they rest in peace.


B-26 nose gunner / bombardier position


B-26 Cockpit


Waist gunner of the 322nd Bomb Group in position inside a B-26 Marauder.


B-26 tail gunner position


Gunner, SSgt. Richard J. Hightower (Macon,MO), in the waist gun position of a B-26. He flew with the 444th BS, 320th BG, 12th AF.


Top turret gunner of the 386th Bomb Group in position inside a B-26 Marauder.

Below two views of tail gunner configurations.








Maintenance men overhaul the Marine B-26 'Sun Down' at the 13th Air Depot Group, Tontouta Air Base in Noumea, New Caledonia. 20 July 1943


B-26 receiving quite a bit of maintenance.


A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-18289) nicknamed 'Colonial Rebel' of the 322nd Bomb Group in flight, November 1943.

... there used to be a bunch of those Marauder things didn't there? ... so many then, so few now


December 7, 1945. Landsberg, Germany. The end of the line for 9th Air Force’s B-26’s. They were blown up here and scrapped.




After World War II dozens of Martin B-26 Marauders awaiting to be scraped at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

[Mark Allen M]

Martin B-26 Marauder Medium Bomber


Martin B-26 Marauder Medium Bomber (USAAF Serial # 40-1447) On the airfield at Cold Bay, Alaska


Ground personnel of the 323rd Bomb Group work on a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31892). Passed for publication 18 Aug 1943.


Martin B-26 Marauder 'Mary V' of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group.


A pilot and co-pilot of the 387th Bomb Group on the wing of their B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31874) nicknamed 'Booger Red II'


Maintenance being performed on a Martin B-26 Marauder with the 597th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group.


Ground personnel of the 323rd Bomb Group prepare a B-26 Marauder (WT-O, serial number 41-34786

[Mark Allen M]

Martin B-26 Marauder 'Truman's Folly' from the 453rd BS, 323rd BG


Martin B-26 Marauders from the 320th Bomb Group dropping bombs on an unknown target in the Mediterranean area


A flight of Martin B-26 Marauders from the 344th Bomb Group. The photo was likely taken over the Gulf of Mexico.

[Mark Allen M]

12th AAF B-26 Marauders


I'd like to know who this is and more about this photo.

Below a batch of great photos of B-26 training exercises over Louisiana and Georgia Oct. 1943

[Chris Brame]

Pretty sure this is at Chino, shot by William Larkins - I remember this from an article he had in (IIRC) an old Air Classics Quarterly Review.

[DLSheley]

Sorry for sounding like such an a-hole. .

Don't be sorry or the majority of the rest of us will have be sorry as well, and we don't want to be sorry lol

This is me.

If either guy "is you" ... then you do know your 'dead' right?

Why not just post some B-26 photos.

I'll have you know that Red Schoendienst is alive and kicking at 92 years old.
Gunner, S/Sgt. Richard J. Hightower (Macon,MO), in the waist gun position of a B-26. He flew with the 444th BS, 320th BG, 12th AF.

[DLSheley]

Probably my favorite Marauder photo, and the biggest pain in the rear to identify!



"Fightin' Cock" (ER-X)
B-26B-20-MA Marauder
s/n 41-31765
450th BS, 322nd BG, 9th AF

This aircraft was written-off after crash-landing on August 12,1944. It had received flak damage while over France and had its electrical system, generators and hydraulic systems shot out. The crew nursed it back to the base (Great Dunmow, Essex, USAAF St. 485) and got the gear cranked down after the pilot ordered the enlisted men to bail out. While trying to land the plane skidded off the runway and into the control tower, killing both pilots.
MACR 15747

2nd Lt. John R. Walker, Jr. - Pilot (O-814603) KIA
2nd Lt. Bruce Taylor - Co-Pilot (O-764829) KIA
S/Sgt. Ernest Pilot - Togglier (16108300) RTD on 8/25/44
Sgt. George E. Peterson - Engineer/Gunner (36650962) RTD on 8/25/44
Sgt. John B. Hill - Radio Operator/Gunner (16119103) EUS
Sgt. Marvin E. Vogt - Tail Gunner (37527425) RTD

[Malo83]

Bombadier toking a little wacky tabacky