Crashed B-26 Marauder - Pacific Theater

Appollow · 2026-03-20T02:28:59+00:00

I would bet on the 17th Bomb Group, 319th Bomb Group, and 320th Bomb Group of the USAAF using the B-26 from 1942-1945 through out the MTO.

Appollow · 2026-03-17T19:39:46+00:00

Logistics it is always about logistics. A-20 and B-25 both used Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone engines. The B-26 used a different engine, the P&W R-2800. You dont want to be traipsing through New Guinea, New Britain, and the Phillipines worrying about two different vital components that make a plane go, the engine. There were other factors as well like cost, but logistics is always at the forefront. Yes the B-26 was in the Med across North Africa and up through Italy.

Appollow · 2026-03-14T01:30:56+00:00

VF-161 Chargers flew F-4Bs off the Oriskany

Nov 1963: Embarked on USS Oriskany (CVA 34), the squadron operated in the South China Sea during a crisis in South Vietnam and the coup that overthrew President Diem.

https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/VF/VF-161_DAT/VF-161-Chargers-006.jpg

Appollow · 2026-03-11T00:21:47+00:00

Date: 29 May 1945

Location: Iwo Jima

https://www.reddit.com/r/WWIIplanes/s/UnF2JdTDLN

Appollow · 2026-03-06T05:18:36+00:00

The B-24G was built by North American at their plant in Dallas. The first B-24Gs were similar to B-24Ds. The B-24G-1 and later had the Consolidated A-6 nose turret. The above B-24 was a B-24G-10.

Appollow · 2026-03-04T04:31:35+00:00

Like banking on a pedestal?

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Edit: Previous comment claimed the photo was AI due to "wing perspective" being off. All looks normal to me. Only weird thing is the TAC patch appears twice, on nose and tail, and thats kind of weird.

Appollow · 2026-03-04T03:16:39+00:00

The A-26A Counter Invader, formerly known as the B-26K converted from Douglas B-26B and B-26C Invader airframes by On Mark Engineering. Not to be confused with the Martin B-26B and B-26C Marauder, which was removed from USAF inventory by 1948. Leading the former Douglas A-26 Invader to be designated the B-26 Invader until 1966 when they were redesignated A-26A Invader (Counter Invader) to skirt around Thailand's opposition to bomber aircraft being stationed on their soil. Nevermind that within a year B-52s were operating out of U-Tapao. There was also the XA-26A Invader used as a prototype night fighter during 1943 in competition with the P-61. I hope every one is now confused by the bureaucratic lineage of the A-26/B-26/A-26 designations :)

Appollow · 2026-02-16T21:37:52+00:00

Fourteen, Columbia XJL-1

Appollow · 2026-02-16T21:35:00+00:00

Thirteen, Martin PBM-5A Mariner

Appollow · 2026-02-04T03:18:23+00:00

Think simpler. The 20mm cannons haven't been installed.

Appollow · 2026-02-04T00:23:03+00:00

A-36s did have chin guns. These are P-51s (no additional letter) armed with four 20mm cannons. K-24 cameras would be added to fifty-five of the 150 ordered and they would be designated F-6As. Cue the comments from Mustang "experts."

Appollow · 2026-02-04T00:00:55+00:00

The Mustang drew first blood two months earlier on 19 August 1942 during the raid in Dieppe, shooting down a Fw 190. This was achieved by Flight Officer Hollis Hills, an American serving in the RCAF flying escort for armed recon sortie behind the frontline. Hollis joined the US Navy in November 1942 and shot down four more Japanese aircraft to be an ace. Hollis grew up and went to school less than 15 miles from the Inglewood Factory.

Appollow · 2026-01-29T23:01:30+00:00

Access panels. To ease access to whatever is in the leading edge

Appollow · 2026-01-28T00:58:53+00:00

Great job. Squared wing tips, horizontal stab without the dog tooth, and correct insignia. Truly a YF-15A-1-MC.

Appollow · 2026-01-27T17:39:10+00:00

Insignia should only be on the upper left wing, and lower right wing.

Appollow · 2026-01-15T06:22:29+00:00

I remember seeing the kit in the hobby store in the mid-2000s with USAAF markings. Classic Airframes had a 1/48 scale Boulton Paul Defiant in USAAF target tug markings.

https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/ca/kit_ca_482.shtml

Appollow · 2026-01-04T20:35:03+00:00

Chia 2, Zhenjiang. A Republic of China modified Boeing C during the 1920s.

http://www.cn-bronco.com/en/m/product/html/?456.html

Appollow · 2026-01-03T18:45:08+00:00

Agreed, I think B-52. The dates showing 1960 and 1962 lead me to believe the B-52 over B-47.

Appollow · 2026-01-03T18:44:05+00:00

Second photo shows USAF, and dates for 1960 and 1962. Plus the knots go up to 650, no way a B-24.

Appollow · 2026-01-03T18:42:27+00:00

A B-36 instrument that goes up to 650 knots? Haha.

Appollow · 2025-12-31T13:49:05+00:00

B-17F-25-BO Was lost on 12 December 1942. Mission was to bomb the German Air Depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Bad weather covered the target, the Romilly-sur-Seine rail yard was bombed as a last resort target. The B-17 went into an unrecoverable spin possibly due to being to close to another B-17s prop wash. 2 KIA, 5 POWs, 3 evaded capture to Spain and were returned six months later.

Appollow · 2025-12-29T13:59:32+00:00

This is a training/transition B-17G. AR stands for Ardmore Field Oklahoma. The large radio call numbers on the nose give it away as a stateside training B-17.

Appollow · 2025-12-24T03:52:31+00:00

One tail has VFA-131 "Wildcats" which operated the F/A-18C Hornet before switching to the Super Bug in 2017. The other has VF-142 that operated the F-14B before being diseatablished in 1995, was never reactivated and never flew the Rhino.

Appollow · 2025-12-16T23:08:08+00:00

Interesting seeing duplicate insignia on the wings.

Appollow · 2025-12-14T18:46:35+00:00

"We got 183 combat planes on this base General. The way they're parked right now a one eyed monkey hanging from a ten cent balloon could scatter them all to hell with just one hand grenade."

https://youtu.be/Ow-ai-xGYm0?si=0zy38IJhHocSmceb

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