Warplanes of the USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Martin aircraft
Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Martin
Martin MB-2, ca 1930s. (USAAC Photos)
(NMUSAF Photos)
Martin MB-2 (Serial No. AS 6419). The MB-2 became the Air Service's primary multi-engine bomber until replaced by the Keystone bombers of the late 1920s. Today, no original MB-2 exists. The reproduction on display at the museum was built using original Martin drawings and completed in 2002.
(NMUSAF Photos)
(Greg Goebel Photo)
Martin B-10 (Serial No. 146). When the B-10 design was released for export in 1936, several countries purchased the export version of the bomber, the 139W, for their armed forces. Argentina bought 35 Martin 139Ws, including 12 for the Argentine Navy. After many years of service, the obsolete bombers were used for various types of training. The aircraft on display at the museum was last used as a ground-training tool for Argentine engineering students at the "Jorge Newberry" National School of Technical Education, No. 1, in Buenos Aires. When museum staff learned that the only known surviving B-10 was in Argentina, discussions began with Argentine officials to obtain this historic American aircraft for the museum. As a magnificent gesture of friendship between Argentina and the United States, and in recognition of the tremendous historical value of the B-10 to the U.S. Air Force, the Argentine Navy presented this aircraft as a gift to the United States on behalf of the Argentine nation on 21 Aug 1970. The gift was accepted by the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, John Davis Lodge.
(NMUSAF Photos)
Martin B-26G Marauder (Serial No. 43-34581), C/N 8701 "Shootin In". It is painted as (Serial No. 42-95857) a 9th Air Force B-26B assigned to the 387th Bombardment Group in 1945.
(NMUSAF Photos)
(Clemens Vasters Photo)
(Clemens Vaster Photo)
Martin-Marietta X-24A.
(NASA Photos)
(Clemens Vasters Photos)
Martin-Marietta X-24B (Serial No. 66-13551), actually SV-5Y, displayed as X-24A.
(NMUSAF Photos)
Martin EB-57B Canberra/Night Intruder (Serial No. 52-1499), c/n 082. The aircraft on display in the NMUSAF was assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as a test aircraft in the early 1960s. It was returned to combat configuration to replace combat losses in Southeast Asia. Assigned to the 8th Bomb Squadron at Phan Rang, South Vietnam, in 1967, it flew in combat there for 2-1/2 years. After returning to the United States, it was converted to an electronic countermeasures EB-57B. It was flown to the museum in August 1981, and restored back to its Southeast Asia War bomber configuration in 2010.
(NMUSAF Photo)
Martin RB-57D Canberra (Serial No. 53-3982), C/N 006. The RB-57D differed significantly from the earlier B-57 bomber. The RB-57D's much longer wings had a lightweight, honeycomb internal structure, and its more powerful engines provided a total of 6,000 pounds more thrust. Martin built 20 RB-57Ds in three variants: 13 single-seat photoreconnaissance aircraft (seven of which could be refueled in mid-air), one single-seat radar mapping aircraft, and six two-seat electronic reconnaissance aircraft. The RB-57D on display in the NMUSAF is one of the 13 photoreconnaissance RB-57Ds. It is painted as it appeared in the late 1950s while it served in the 4025th SRS(L), and went on display in the museum in 2004.
