Constructed as B-26G-11-MA 43-34581 by Martin at Baltimore, MD, in October 1944 it was delivered to Casablanca where it joined the Free French forces as s/n 334581, flying 37 combat missions by the end of WWII. After storage at Mont de Marsan, it was transferred to the Air France airline school at Vilgenis as a ground trainer in 1951. In June 1965 it was airfreighted by C-124 from Chateauroux AB to the USAF Museum where it initially went on display with its true serial, but by 1982 was repainted as now seen in the marks of a B-26B of the 387th BS/556th BG, 9th AF

Delivered to the USAAF as 41-35071. Sold as NL5546N in 1946. Reregistered as N5546N in 1949, XB-LOX in 1961 then N5546N in 1965. To the Confederate Air Force in 1967. Nose gear had collapsed on landing five days before this photo was taken. It was repaired but was destroyed in a fatal crash near Odessa, TX in 1995.

Lost during a torpedo attack off Aghios Giorgios Island on January 3, 1943. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Aircraft of the 452nd Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, the first Group to fly B-26 Marauders into combat from Britain. On 17 May 1943 it lost ten out of eleven planes with 60 crew on a low-level mission to Holland. Another shot from the same series is said to have been taken over The Channel. Photos dated 1943 or 1944. The Marauder's small wing area is apparent in this shot. Photo from: Frank Scherschel / Life

The 599th Bombardment Squadron flew 239 combat missions from April 1944. It was based at Peronne, France for most of 1945. The 397th Bombardment Group's tail marking was a yellow diagonal stripe - see colour photo 583483. Photo from: Vejle Stadsarkiv

B-26s of the 397th Bomb Group. The nearest aircraft, 43-34401 / 9F-K, is a B-26G of 597 BS. That aircraft crashed due to engine failure near the group's base, Péronne / Saint-Quentin (LFAG) in France on 14 February 1945, shortly after this photo was taken. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Seen landing on its first post-restoration flight this B-26 declared an In-Flight Emergency and landed at March AFB.

Credited with 45 bombing missions and three victories on german aircraft. Disarmed and seems waiting for decomissioning. From friend's family archives.

Fate of this aircraft is unknown. Photo appears to show it during Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France, or in the lead-up to that action. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

9/44: TOS USAAF; ferried to Casablanca. 10/44: TOS Free French Air Force; assigned to Bombardment Group 1/32, 34th Escadrille. 11/44 to 4/45: Flew 37 combat missions. 5/45 to 10/45: Used for training missions. 3/46: Storage at Mont de Marsan, France. 1951: Air France Airline Training School, Vilgenis, France as a training airframe. 1964: Air Force Museum traded a C-47 for it. 6/65: Flown in a C-124 from Chateauraoux Air Base to Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. 10/70: Towed to new Museum at Wright Field. By 1982: Restoration had begun; marked as a B-26B of the 556th Bomb Squadron, ETO

9/44: TOS USAAF; ferried to Casablanca. 10/44: TOS Free French Air Force; assigned to Bombardment Group 1/32, 34th Escadrille. 11/44 to 4/45: Flew 37 combat missions. 5/45 to 10/45: Used for training missions. 3/46: Storage at Mont de Marsan, France. 1951: Air France Airline Training School, Vilgenis, France as a training airframe. 1964: Air Force Museum traded a C-47 for it. 6/65: Flown in a C-124 from Chateauraoux Air Base to Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. 10/70: Towed to new Museum at Wright Field. By 1982: Restoration had begun: marked as a B-26B of the 556th Bomb Squadron, ETO

41-31877 was on its 67th mission when this photo was taken. It went on to do 175 missions before it crashed on take-off at Beaumont, France on January 1, 1945. The date range is from December 1943, when the group did its 67th mission, and the application of invasion stripes ahead of D-Day in June 1944. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Over England ahead of a mission over Europe. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Repaired after this accident. Shot down by AAA near Kleve, Germany on October 7, 1944. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Shot down by anti-aircraft fire west of Valognes, France on June 10, 1944. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Later named Truman Committee. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Flak damage prevented the nose gear locking. When it collapsed the forward fuselage crumpled and the aircraft was written off. Believed to be at Great Dunmow, where the aircraft was based. To prevent the runway being blocked, the pilot was probably directed to land in the "rough". Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Preserved in Musée du Débarquement / Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Fake serial, is actually ex USAAF 44-68219.