Martin B-26B Marauder ‘Flak Bait’ Noorduyn

Martin B-26B Marauder ‘Flak Bait’ NoorduynOn April 26, 1943, the B 26B 25 MA bomber with serial number 41 31773 rolled off the assembly line at the Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Middle River. By the end of May that year, the aircraft and its crew arrived in England, where they were assigned to the 449th Bombardment Squadron of the 322nd Bombardment Group. During combat missions, American bombers faced significant threats from German anti aircraft guns, collectively known as Flak. As they

Sea Hurricane IB

which was the first Corsair to be officially deployed on U

The more common 'production' turret

Length: 273mm

Decommissioned at the beginning of the 1970s

It gets the most out of its 200hp 998cc 4-cylinder engine

The Tomcat would not see action until 1981

3cm torpedo tubes

The CH-54A heavy helicopters in Vietnam were mainly used for transport and occasionally for carrying the M-121 high explosive bombs

31 – originally known as the ‘Preceptor‘ but finally redesignated the Proctor IV – was developed for this requirement with an enlarged fuselage

VII proved its worth in the aftermath of the Normandy landings and onward

The first convertibles were initially designed by BERTONI and marketed by CHAPRON