Marauder (Total: 487, Canadian: 19, Group 0)
Martin Marauder
Martin Marauder Mk. I, RAF (Serial No. FK375), coded D, "Dominion Revenge", No. 14 Squadron, based at Fayid, Egypt, 28 Dec 1942. This aircraft was lost during a torpedo attack off Aghios Giorgios Island on 3 Jan 1943.
Martin B-26 Marauder Mk. I, IA, II, III, RAF. Only two RAF squadrons were equipped with the Marauder, both in the Desert Air Force, and only one Marauder squadron was ever active at any one time. The RAF received three B-26As for evaluation in the summer of 1942 and decided to adopt the type for tactical work in North Africa. Forty eight Marauder Is and IAs already allocated under lend lease were sent directly to the Middle East, where they were used by No.14 Squadron.
In RAF and Commonwealth service the B-26A was known as the Marauder Mk. I, the B-26B as the Marauder Mk. IA. A total of 52 Mk Is and IAs were received. The 250 B-26Fs delivered were known as the Marauder Mk. II and the 150 B-26Gs became the Marauder Mk. III. The Mk. I/IA and Mk. III were flown by the RAF while the South African Air Force (SAAF) received the Mk. II and Mk. III.
The only RAF squadrons to use the Marauder were Nos. 14 and 39 Squadrons of the Desert Air Force. No.14 was the first to receive the type in August 1942. Operations began on 28 October 1942 and the squadron used its Marauders for bombing, mine laying and shipping reconnaissance. In March 1943 the squadron moved to Algeria, where it began flying anti-submarine patrols. These continued after the squadron moved to Sardinia in June 43, and the last Marauder mission was flown on 21 September 1944, just before the squadron returned to the UK to convert to the Wellington.
No. 39 Squadron RAF acquired Marauders in December 1944, but the first Marauder mission wasn't flown until 7 February 1945. The squadron carried out shipping strikes along the French, Italian and Balkan coasts, alongside night intruder missions, and retained the Marauder until October 1945 when it moved to the Sudan. Harold Skaarup web page
Marauder
Wikipedia Marauder Marauder FB454, IIIB
s/n FB454
Martin
FB 454
last update: 2025-February-05
Aircraft Ferrying 1943-10-13 to 1943-10-13
45 () Group (RAF) Nassau, Bahamas
45 Group, RAF Transport Command, Nassau, Bahamas. Marauder II aircraft FB 454, on a training flight with a crew comprised of four pilots, caught fire and crashed into the sea one mile west of Windsor Field, Nassau, Bahamas
Flying Officer DW Cormack (RCAF) and Flying Officer D Durward (RAFVR), Flying Officer RH Barber (RAFVR) and Flight Lieutenant JG Owen DFC (RAFVR)(SA) were killed in this flying accident
The bodies of of Flying Officer Barber and Flight Lieutenant Owen were recovered and are buried in the Nassau War Cemetery
Flying Officer Cormack and Flying Officer Durward were missing, believed killed and have no known grave
The missing are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 321
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
Assisbiz USAAF serial no 41-35463 Martin B-26C-30-MO Marauder
1943-October-13 KIFA RAFVR Flying Officer Roland Henry Barber 2024-12-16
1943-October-13 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Waitt Whitehurst Cormack 2024-12-16 1943-October-13 KIFA RAFVR Flying Officer Denis Durward 2024-10-31
1943-October-13 KIFA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant John Griffith Owen DFC 2024-12-16 Marauder FB478, IIIB
s/n FB478
Martin
FB 478
last update: 2025-February-05
Marauder FB509, IIIB
s/n FB509
Martin
FB 509
last update: 2025-February-05
Marauder FE203,
s/n FE203
FE 203
last update: 2025-March-10
Marauder FK119,
s/n FK119
FK 119
last update: 2025-March-10
Ferry Flight 1942-08-17 to 1942-08-17
() Ferry Command (RAF) Natal Brazil
45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Marauder I aircraft FK 119 lost over the Atlantic Ocean out of Natal, Brazil en-route to Africa, cause unknown
Pilot Officer JJ Doran (RCAF), Sergeant GF Lyman-Dixon (RAF), Squadron Leader G Robinson (RAF) and one Canadian civilian Radio Officer, GH Randle, were missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 314 Appendix BMarauder FK120, Mk. l
s/n FK120
Martin
FK 120
last update: 2025-February-05
Marauder FK122, Mk. I
s/n FK122
Martin
FK 122
last update: 2025-February-05
Operational 1942-11-23 to 1942-11-23
14 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Landing Ground 224
14 Squadron (I Spread My Wings And Keep My Promise) RAF Landing Ground 224. Warrant Officer Class 2 DL Rawson (RCAF), Flying Officer WR Bower (RCAF), Sergeant E Cookson (RAFVR), Sergeant HG Williams (RAFVR) and Flying Officer PM Willis (RAFVR) were all killed when their B26A Marauder aircraft FK 122 crashed near Shallufa, Egypt. The tail fin separated from the fuselage during a low-level bombing practice, killing the entire crew
In a post in RAF Commands COL BRUGGY on 9th September 2011 states:"An Inquiry reported in due course and as a result all the Marauders were grounded to have the tail fins strengthened. The Glenn Martin Aircraft Corporation in the USA flew technicians to Egypt, who completed the necessary modifications to all the aircraft in a few days. Unfortunately this was not done until after two more aircraft had been lost with the loss of 21 lives"
Royal Air Force - RAF I Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
Marauder I FK122 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
1942-November-23 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer William Richardson Bower 2025-02-04 1942-November-23 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Ernest Cookson 2024-04-07 1942-November-23 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Douglas Leroy Rawson 2025-02-04 1942-November-23 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Hugh Garth Williams 2025-02-04 1942-November-23 KIFA RAFVR Flying Officer Peter McKenzie Willis 2025-02-04 Marauder FK129, Mk. I
s/n FK129
Martin
FK 129
last update: 2025-February-05
Ferry Flight 1943-06-22 to 1943-06-22
45 () ()
45 Group Transport Command. Marauder aircraft FK 129 crashed into the sea 35 miles west of Borinquen and 15 miles north west of Deschow Island, Puerto Rico, during a trans-Atlantic flight with the loss of the entire crew, cause unknown
Canadian Civilian Radio Officer PA Vickery, Navigator Warrant Officer Class 2 RE Mudie (RAAF) and two American Civilians Pilots, BC Miller and LL Burchfield were all missing, preumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 319-20Marauder FK130, Mk. l
s/n FK130
Martin
FK 130
last update: 2025-February-05
Marauder FK131, Mk. l
s/n FK131
Martin
FK 131
last update: 2025-February-05
Marauder FK133, Mk. l
s/n FK133
Martin
FK 133
last update: 2025-February-05
1943-December-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Arnold Billings 2024-11-12
1943-December-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Richard Wallace Gilkey 2025-01-19 1943-December-28 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Donald Andrew Thomson 2025-01-19 1943-December-28 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Charles Zotique Toupin 2025-01-19 Marauder FK154, Mk. I
s/n FK154
Martin
FK 154
last update: 2025-February-05
Marauder FK159, Mk. l
s/n FK159
Martin
FK 159
last update: 2025-February-05
Marauder FK362, Mk. la
s/n FK362
Martin
FK 362
Marauder FK371, Mk. la
s/n FK371
Martin
FK 371
last update: 2025-March-10
Marauder FK373, Mk. la
s/n FK373
Martin
FK 373
last update: 2025-March-10
Reconnaissance 1943-08-26 to 1943-08-26
14 (AS) Sqn (RAF) RAF Protville, Tunisia
14 Squadron RAF (I spread my wings and keep my promise) RAF Protville, Tunisia. B-26 Marauder 1a FK 373 S was reported shot down by a Ju52 transport aircraft while on a reconnaissance flight west of the Strait Bonifacio, between the islands of Corsica, France and Sardinia, Italy. There is also a claim by Oblt Franz Schiess of 8/JG53 for a Marauder shot down on this date in the same area. The bomber crashed near Livorno, Italy with one crew member killed
Sergeant A Phethean (RAFVR) was killed in action. Sergeant Phethean has no known grave and is commemorated on the Malta Memorial
Flight Lieutenant EL Archer (RCAF), Flight Sergeant JT Jones (RAF), Flying Officer JF Kennedy (RAF), Flight Sergeant GA Lindschau (RAAF) and Flight Sergeant AR Smith (RAF) survived and all were taken as Prisoners of War
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
14sqn-association.org.uk/14_Squadron_Association/...
Asisbiz USAAF serial no 41-7413 Martin B-26A-1-MA Marauder
1943-August-26 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Edward Lawrence Archer 2023-10-08 1943-August-26 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant J T Jones 2023-06-15 1943-August-26 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant John Fleming Kennedy 2023-06-16
1943-August-26 PoW RAAF Flight Lieutenant Gilbert Arthur Lindschau 2023-06-16 1943-August-26 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Alfred Phethean 2023-06-15 1943-August-26 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Andrew Renton Smith 2023-06-15 Marauder HD417, Mk. III
s/n HD417
m/d M-179
Martin
HD 417
last update: 2025-February-05
Ferry Flight 1944-05-28 to 1944-05-28
45 (T) Group (RAF) Nassau, Bahamas
45 Group Transport Command, 113 Wing, Nassau, Bahamas. Having successfully completed a trans-Atlantic crossing and continuing east across Africa, Marauder aircraft HD 417 caught fire in mid-air on approach to Khartoum, Sudan, crash landing ten miles east of the aerodrome, with the loss of the aircraft and entire crew
Flying Officer DC Perkins (RCAF), Flying Officer WG Cantlay (RCAF), Pilot Officer NJ Hodgins (RCAF) andWarrant Officer RG Huxtable (RCAF) were all killed in this flying accident
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 324Ferry Flight 1944-06-03 to 1944-06-03
45 (T) Group (RAF) Nassau, Bahamas
45 Group Transport Command, 113 Wing, Nassau, Bahamas. Having successfully completed a trans-Atlantic crossing and continuing east across Africa, Marauder aircraft HD 417 caught fire in mid-air on approach to Khartoum, Sudan, crash landing ten miles east of the aerodrome, with the loss of the aircraft and entire crew
Flying Officer DC Perkins (RCAF), Flying Officer WG Cantlay (RCAF), Pilot Officer NJ Hodgins (RCAF) andWarrant Officer RG Huxtable (RCAF) were all killed in this flying accident
In Pilot Officer Hodgins record in CVWM there is information that there may have been survivors from the crash of Marauder HD 417: Pilot Officer JB Spencer (RCAF), Flying Officer BW Reed (RCAF) and Pilot Officer R Heggie (RCAF) but have been unable to find info on these airmen or confirm through any other source. Needs to be further researched
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 324 1944-June-03 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer William Grant Cantlay 2023-12-23 1944-June-03 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Joseph Hodgins 2022-12-15 1944-June-03 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Gerald Huxtable 2022-12-15 1944-June-03 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Denis Clement Farmer Perkins 2022-12-15 Marauder HD419, Mk. III
s/n HD419
m/d M-179
Martin
HD 419
last update: 2025-February-05
Ferry Flight 1944-04-11 to 1944-04-11
45 () Group (RAF) Nassau, Bahamas
45 Group Transport Command (113 South Atlantic Wing), Nassau, Bahamas
Marauder aircraft HD 419 crashed at Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guyana after an engine cut out on take-off for a trans-Atlantic crossing, killing the entire crew
Flying Officer RF Stubner (RCAF), Flying Officer KF Probert (RCAF), Pilot Officer S Blackburn (RAF) and Canadian Civilian Pilot Captain HC Weiben were all killed in this flying accident
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 323Marauder HD664, Mk. III
s/n HD664
m/d M-179
Martin
HD 664
last update: 2025-February-05