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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Known Squadron Assignments: 203
1942-December-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Rushby 2021-08-05Known Squadron Assignments: 69
1943-March-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Vernon Rattee 2023-07-20Known Squadron Assignments: 70
1942-December-04 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Brown 2023-07-19Known Squadron Assignments: 69
1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Reginald Frank Charles Porter 2021-08-13Known Squadron Assignments: 55
1942-November-06 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Campbell Payne 2021-08-18Known Squadron Assignments: 223
1942-November-05 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Roderick Charles Mutch 2023-09-03Known 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. 2023-12-25Known 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 2023-12-25Known Squadron Assignments: 45; TC
Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27912. Ditched between Natal and Ascension Island Apr 19, 1943 following engine failure. 2023-12-25Known Squadron Assignments: 45
Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27936. Stalled on overshoot and crashed at Oakes Field, Bahamas Mar 18, 1943 2023-12-25Known Squadron Assignments: 15
Ex USAAF A-30, serial number 41-27942. MIA on recon mission to Aegean Sea Oct 2, 1943 2023-12-25Known 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. 2023-12-25Known Squadron Assignments: 45
1943-September-13 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Cedric Gardiner Rafuse 2023-07-15Known Squadron Assignments: 13
1944-June-02 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Gordon Hugh Murray 2021-08-16Known Squadron Assignments: 75
1945-March-17 KIFA RCAF Squadron Leader George Herbert Finch DFC 2022-01-07Known Squadron Assignments: 454
1944-August-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lemuel William Gray 2022-12-24Known Squadron Assignments: 113
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
Known Squadron Assignments: 454