Martin 179 B-26

Martin 179 B-26

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07/21/2007. Remarks by Curtiss Aldrich: "The original source for this photo is from an official press release dated Dec. 23, 1940 from the Glenn L. Martin Company. The photograph as taken at Martin's private airport near Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The caption mentions the new B-26 is 'ready for final tests' and 'expected to prove itself the world's fastest bombing airplane'. Its also staed it is the 'latest weapon of the U.S. Army Air Corps'...... Note the plane has no turrets or guns yet fitted, and it's the short wing version; probably a serious hot-rod!"


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07/21/2007. Remarks by Curtiss Aldrich: "The original source for this photo is from an official press release dated Dec. 23, 1940 from the Glenn L. Martin Company. The photograph as taken at Martin's private airport near Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The caption mentions the new B-26 is 'ready for final tests' and 'expected to prove itself the world's fastest bombing airplane'. Its also staed it is the 'latest weapon of the U.S. Army Air Corps'...... Note the plane has no turrets or guns yet fitted, and it's the short wing version; probably a serious hot-rod!"