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Martin Baltimore

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
USAAF - Official U.S. Air Force photo 051122-F-1234P-023

The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. Wikipedia

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General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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last update: 2021-08-26 20:35:52

Baltimore AG721

s/n
 AG721
m/d
 187
c/n
 1463

Known Squadron Assignments: 203


last update: 2024-November-09
1942-December-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Rushby 2021-08-05

Baltimore AG725

s/n
 AG725
m/d
 187
c/n
 1467

Known Squadron Assignments: 69


last update: 2024-November-09
1943-May-04 KIA RCAF Sergeant Victor Leslie Boyd 2023-07-19

Baltimore AG726

s/n
 AG726
m/d
 187
c/n
 1468

Known Squadron Assignments: 69


last update: 2024-November-09
1943-March-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Vernon Rattee 2023-07-20

Baltimore AG799

s/n
 AG799
m/d
 187
c/n
 1541

Known Squadron Assignments: 70


last update: 2024-November-09
1942-December-04 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Brown 2023-07-19

Baltimore AG806

s/n
 AG806
m/d
 187
c/n
 1548

Known Squadron Assignments: 69


last update: 2024-November-09
1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Reginald Frank Charles Porter 2021-08-13

Baltimore AG816

s/n
 AG816
m/d
 187
c/n
 1558

Known Squadron Assignments: 69


last update: 2024-November-09
1943-February-18 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 James Leslie Joseph Conway 2024-09-07
1943-February-18 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Owen Cook 2024-04-01

Baltimore AG859

s/n
 AG859
m/d
 187
c/n
 1601

Known Squadron Assignments:

Rockcliffe for trials?
last update: 2024-September-22

Baltimore AG877

s/n
 AG877
m/d
 187
c/n
 1619

Known Squadron Assignments: 21


last update: 2024-November-09
1943-July-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Calder Leper Cleland 2024-02-29
1943-July-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class James Earl Morrison 2021-08-16

Baltimore AG898

s/n
 AG898
m/d
 187
c/n
 1640

Known Squadron Assignments: 55


last update: 2024-November-09
1942-November-06 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Campbell Payne 2021-08-18

Baltimore AG941

s/n
 AG941
m/d
 187
c/n
 1683

Known Squadron Assignments: 223


last update: 2024-November-09
1942-November-05 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Roderick Charles Mutch 2023-09-03

Baltimore FA115

s/n
 FA115
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 21

Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27697. Crashlanded at Monastir, Tunisia May 8, 1943 after engine failure while returning from mission to Pantellaria.
last update: 2024-September-22
1943-May-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius 2024-04-21

Baltimore FA137

s/n
 FA137
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 45

Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27719. Stalled and crashed during emergency approach 7 mi W of Piarco, Trinidad Jul 10, 1943
last update: 2024-September-22
1943-July-10 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Charles Edward Bake 2024-11-05

Baltimore FA187

s/n
 FA187
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments:

Equivalent to USAAF A-30 41-27769. On loan from RAF Ferry Command, used for special trials at Suffield, Alberta (possibly smoke or chemical spraying). US reports indicate that the aircraft continued to be used for special tests, based in Florida in 1943 and early 1944, and later in the Panama Canal Zone. However, other records have the aircraft lost on operations over North Africa on 14 April 1943. This appears to be a typo, and records may refer to Baltimore FA167.
last update: 2024-September-22
   1942-March-18 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
   1942-August-26 to RAF returned to RAF 2019-08-20
   1942-August-26 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005:Smith, Castle): 1968 537

Baltimore FA330

s/n
 FA330
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 45; TC

Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27912. Ditched between Natal and Ascension Island Apr 19, 1943 following engine failure.
last update: 2024-September-22
1943-April-19 KIFA Captain Jack Groover Durham 2024-10-30
1943-April-19 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer John Dickson Grant 2023-02-12
1943-April-19 KIFA RAF Civilian Harold Alfred Picher 2023-02-15

Baltimore FA354

s/n
 FA354
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 45

Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27936. Stalled on overshoot and crashed at Oakes Field, Bahamas Mar 18, 1943
last update: 2024-September-22

Baltimore FA360

s/n
 FA360
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 15

Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27942. MIA on recon mission to Aegean Sea Oct 2, 1943
last update: 2024-September-22
1943-October-02 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Gibson Leese 2021-08-13
1943-October-02 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Donald Thompson Randall 2021-08-11

Baltimore FA520

s/n
 FA520
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 45

Ex USAAF A-30A, serial number 41-28102. Destroyed by fire when ran off runway at Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana May 20, 1943.
last update: 2024-September-22
1943-May-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Francis Arthur Robert Milbury 2023-07-16
1943-May-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Hugh Dennis George Ward 2023-07-16

Baltimore FW317

s/n
 FW317
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 13


last update: 2024-November-09
1944-July-27 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant David Drexel Laird 2021-09-23

Baltimore FW335

s/n
 FW335
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 13


last update: 2024-November-09
1944-May-11 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Deryck Hunter Bond 2021-08-28
1944-May-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frances Charles Bowring 2021-07-27
1944-May-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Gordon Lawrence King 2021-10-07

Baltimore FW342

s/n
 FW342
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 13


last update: 2024-November-09
1944-August-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Leo Sarsfield Tobin 2021-07-17

Baltimore FW395

s/n
 FW395
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 45


last update: 2024-November-09
1943-September-13 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Cedric Gardiner Rafuse 2023-07-15

Baltimore FW530

s/n
 FW530
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 13


last update: 2024-November-09
1944-June-02 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Gordon Hugh Murray 2021-08-16

Baltimore FW535

s/n
 FW535
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 13


last update: 2024-November-09
1944-August-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Raymond Wilson DFC 2022-01-11
1944-August-23 PoW Died RCAF Pilot Officer Hedley De La Broquerie Young 2021-05-30

Baltimore FW589

s/n
 FW589
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 75


last update: 2024-November-09
1945-March-17 KIFA RCAF Squadron Leader George Herbert Finch DFC 2022-01-07

Baltimore FW602

s/n
 FW602
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 454


last update: 2024-November-09
1944-August-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lemuel William Gray 2022-12-24

Baltimore FW693

s/n
 FW693
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 113


last update: 2024-November-09

Ferry Flight 1944-02-22 to 1944-02-22

45 (T) Group (RAF) Nassau, Bahamas

45 Group Transport Command (113 Ferry Wing) Nassau, Bahamas. Baltimore aircraft FW 693 was lost out of Zandery Airfield, Surinam during a Southern trans-Atlantic ferry flight with the loss of the entire three man crew, cause unknown

Ocean Bridge, the History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 322

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1944-February-22 KIFA RAFVR Flying Officer Ronald Thomas Cochrane 2024-03-09
1944-February-22 KIFA RAAF Flying Officer John Richard Hutchins 2022-12-12
1944-February-22 KIFA RAFVR Pilot Officer David William Whiffin 2022-12-12

Baltimore FW701

s/n
 FW701
m/d
 187

Known Squadron Assignments: 454


last update: 2024-November-09

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