The Glenn L. Martin Company's Model 179 answered a January 1939 Army Air Corps specification for a high-speed bomber. The Army ordered the streamline twin-engine, all-metal monoplane, designated the B-26 Marauder, in September and the first production example flew in November 1940. The design...

The Museum's Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder Flak-Bait survived over 200 operational missions over Europe, more than any other American aircraft during World War II. After its completion at the Glenn L...

The National Air and Space Museum is embarking on the preservation of one of its signature artifacts, the Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder Flak-Bait. This medium bomber and its crews flew more missions than any other American aircraft during World War II. Today, the artifact still bears the...