The Museum's Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder Flak-Bait and its crews survived 207 operational missions over Europe, more than any other American aircraft during World War II. Join curator Jeremy Kinney as he outlines the plans to preserve this important and original artifact in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
Meet at the nose of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird in the Boeing Aviation Hangar.
Can't make it to the talk? Read about Flak-Bait in this blog post by Jeremy Kinney.
About the Ask an Expert Series: Several times a month at 12:30 PM at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum. For upcoming dates of the Udvar-Hazy Center Ask an Expert lecture series, click here.
Conservator Sharon Norquest works on the Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder "Flak-Bait" in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar. The aircraft was moved to the Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia, in 2014 to undergo treatment to preserve the artifiact's structural, mechanical, and cosmetic features.