List of Martin B-26 Marauder operators

This is a list of military units to use the Martin B-26 Marauder during World War II, the list is believed to be comprehensive. This list was created using the public content located at B26.com, the content from the B-26 Martin Marauder Historical Society, and data from the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency.

A B-26 Martin Marauder during a training operation.

Verification of this list with records supplied by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force is ongoing.

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United States Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces

Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

• 73rd and 77th Bomb Squadrons

42nd Bomb Wing, Mediterranean Theatre

• 17th Bomb Group
  • 34th, 37th, 95th, 432nd Bomb Squadrons
• 319th Bomb Group
  • 437th, 438th, 439th, 440th Bomb Squadrons
• 320th Bomb Group
  • 441st, 442nd, 443rd, 444th Bomb Squadrons

 

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Eighth Air Force

• 25th Bomb Group
  • 654th Bomb Squadron

Eighth Air Support Command

• 322nd Bomb Group
  • 449th, 450th, 451st, 452nd Bomb Squadrons
• 323rd Bomb Group
  • 453rd, 454th, 455th, 456th Bomb Squadrons
• 386th Bomb Group
  • 552nd, 553rd, 554th, 555th Bomb Squadrons
• 387th Bomb Group
  • 556th, 557th, 558th, 559th Bomb Squadrons

 

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B-26s of the 323rd Bomb Group taking flak over France in 1944

 

B-26 of the 397th Bomb Group conducting pre D-Day strikes over Normandy

Ninth Air Force

• 322nd Bomb Group
  • 449th, 450th, 451st, 452nd Bomb Squadrons
• 323rd Bomb Group
  • 453rd, 454th, 455th, 456th Bomb Squadrons
• 344th Bomb Group
  • 494th, 495th, 496th, 497th Bomb Squadrons
• 386th Bomb Group
  • 552nd, 553rd, 554th, 555th Bomb Squadrons
• 387th Bomb Group
  • 556th, 557th, 558th, 559th Bomb Squadrons
• 391st Bomb Group
  • 572nd, 573rd, 574th, 575th Bomb Squadrons
• 394th Bomb Group
  • 584th, 585th, 586th, 587th Bomb Squadrons
• 397th Bomb Group
  • 596th, 597th, 598th, 599th Bomb Squadrons
• 410th Bomb Group
  • 644th, 645th, 647th Bomb Squadrons
• First Pathfinder Squadron (Provisional, flew last ever B-26 Mission May 3, 1945) ^[1]

USAAF Support Units

• 21st Bomb Group (Operational Training Unit) – MacDill Field, FL
  • 313th, 314th, 315th, 398th Bomb Squadrons
• 22nd Bomb Group (Operational Training Unit???)
  • 2nd, 19th, 33rd, 408th Bomb Squadrons
• 40th Bomb Group (Operational Training Unit???) - Carribean
  • 25th, 44th, 45th Bomb Squadrons
• 42nd Bomb Group (Operational Training Unit) - US West Coast
  • 75th, 76th Bomb Squadrons (did not enter combat)
  • 390th, 406th Bomb Squadrons (entered combat)
• 335th Bomb Group (Replacement Training Unit) – Barksdale, Field, LA
  • 474th, 475th, 476th, 477th Bomb Squadrons
• 336th Bomb Group (Replacement Training Unit) – MacDill, Ft. Meyers, Avon Park,

Lake Charles, LA

• • 478th, 479th, 480th, 481st Bomb Squadrons

Pilot Transition Training

• Tarrant Field, Texas
• Del Rio, Texas
• Laughlin Field, Texas
• Dodge City, Kansas

Tow Target Squadrons

• 1st Tow Target Squadron (Romulus Field, Romulus, Michigan & Bradley Field, Hartford, Connecticut)
• 2nd Tow Target Squadron (Baltimore, Maryland)
• 6th Tow Target Squadron (Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas)
• 7th Tow Target Squadron (Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii)
• 12th Tow Target Squadron (Eglin Air Force Base, Santa Rosa, California)
• 13th Tow Target Squadron (Bradley Field)
• 15th Tow Target Squadron (Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, Alaska)
• 17th Tow Target Squadron (Wheeler Field)
• 19th Tow Target Squadron (Biggs Field)
• 20th Tow Target Squadron (Ellsworth Field, Casper, Wyoming)
• 21st Tow Target Squadron (Felts Field, Spokane, Washington)
• 23rd Tow Target Squadron (Howard Field, Panama)
• 27th Tow Target Squadron (Biggs Field & Deming Field, Deming, New Mexico)
• 28th Tow Target Squadron
• 29th Tow Target Squadron

Other Units

• 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
• 2nd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
• 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
• 6th Combat Crew Replacement Centre
• 1st Base Air Depot
• 2nd Tactical Air Depot
• Bomber Command Training Unit, Telergma, Algeria
• Air Corps Ferry Command
• 54th Bomb Squadron, AF Proving Ground
• 4th Tactical Recon - Antilles Air Command

United States Navy

• VJ-1
• VJ-2
• VJ-7
• VJ-8
• VJ-9
• VJ-10
• VJ-12
• VJ-13
• VJ-14
• VJ-15
• VJ-16
• VJ-17
• VJ-18
• VJ-19
• VD-2 (Photographic)

United States Marine Corps

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Tail of a B-26 Marauder used by US Marine Corps Tow Target Squadron VMJ-3 during WW2. Damage is from friendly training fire.

• VMTD-1 (redesignated VMJ-1)
• VMTD-2 (redesignated VMJ-2)
• VMTD-3 (redesignated VMJ-3)

 

Logo of the Free French Air Forces (FAFL) during World War II

Free French Air Forces

• 1st Escadrille, Francaise Barksdale Field
• 42nd Bomb Wing
  • 1st Tactical Air Force

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Royal Air Force

• 14th Squadron, RAF
• 39th Squadron, Balkan Air Force
• 70th Operational Training Unit
• North African Air Forces

 

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South African Air Force

• 12th Squadron, North African Air Forces
• 21st Squadron, North African Air Forces
• 24th Squadron, North African Air Forces
• 25th Squadron, Balkan Air Force
• 30th Squadron, North African Air Forces

References

• History: AF Combat Units by Maurer, 1983; ISBN 0-912799-02-1
• The Martin B-26 Marauder: A Bibliography and Guide to Research Sources ISBN 1-877597-02-3

For other references please contact:

Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson, Arizona, 85706

B-26 Marauder Historical Society Headquarters, 3900 East Timrod Street, Tucson, Arizona, 85711

B-26 Archives. University of Akron, Polsky Building (Room LL10), Akron, Ohio, 44325-1702

Air Force Historical Records Archive (AFHRA). 600 Chanute Circle, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 36112