“As usual in a dogfight, I was tense and excited. I forgot to release the second safety catch for the rockets.…
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Meet B-52 ‘Flak-Bait II,’ the BUFF named after the B-26 ‘Flak-Bait,’ the U.S. warplane that flew the most combat missions in World War II
by Dario LeoneFlak-Bait II now shares a common name and heritage with the older bomber. When World War II ended in 1945, a Martin…
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Aviation HistoryLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The Story of James P. Muri, the B-26 pilot who buzzed the flight deck of Japanese Aircraft Carrier Akagi during the Battle of Midway to save his crew
by Dario LeoneMuri’s bomber was struck and three crewmen were wounded, but he launched a torpedo at the aircraft carrier Akagi and then…
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Military AviationWarbirds
B-26 Vs Me 262: the Marauder close encounters with the jets flown by Luftwaffe’s Experten
by Dario LeoneInterrogated after the war the famed ace Adolf Galland stated the B-26 was the one Allied aircraft he least liked to…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary AviationWarbirds
MILD AND BITTER, FLAK BAIT and the other ETO 100-mission B-26 Marauders
by Dario LeoneThe all-time B-26 mission record went to FLAK BAIT with no less than 202 sorties The medium bomber ‘workhorse’ of the…
