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One of these twin-engined, USAAF WW2 medium bombers was 60% more likely to crash, 80% more likely to be shot down, and 40% more expensive than the other.
How? Which one? And why?
Join me on a statistical deep dive into America’s WW2 medium bomber duo:
The North American B-25 Mitchell vs the Martin B-26 Marauder.
Credit to the excellent research done by:
@WWIIUSBombers
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:05 Proposal No. 39-640
03:19 Widowmaker or Doolittle Raider?
05:27 But Wait!
08:14 Technical Issues
09:56 Fixing The B-26
11:26 Pacific vs Europe
12:37 Outro
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They were both at best second rate.
Bien clair et intéressant merci
The B-25 just looks better
Quick answer on which was best, depended on the type of mission and the crews training.
When I still was buildet aircraft models, I thought that the B-25 was the more attractive aircraft.
When it comes to the higher loss-rate of the Marauder one maybe would have to cosider the ares of operations of both aircraft? I gues anti-air-weapons in Normandy, for example, were more accurate, powerful and concentrated that, for example in the Pacific Theatre, or the Med, – scenarios, in which the Mitchells operated. But I guess that when it comes to loss rates, there are many reasons (accidents too, for example).
B 25 for me, versatile and the strafer is the scariest thing in the air
The early problems with the B-26 had everything to do with incompetent leadership. After the Army bought the plane they proceeded to load the plane with extra equipment that exceed its weight limits. So it would crash on take off. The B-26 was a medium altitude bomber. Yet they kept trying to use it for things it was not designed for. If I remember right. They briefly equiped it for torpedos. A recipe for disater.
I prefer the A-26.
B-26 lasted much longer than the B-25…
Much appreciated video…
Haha! Just ask Jimmy, Mr. Air Force himself! Jeez, what a cool cat.
Because of its small wings, pilots called the B-26 Marauder the Baltimore Whore because it had "no visible means of support"
Finally!!!! A human produced and narrated video!
Hey YouTube, we want more of this!
In the early years, the Marauder's reputation was so bad that crewmen said the only thing missing from it was six brass handles.
The Lockheed Constellation did not use the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine. Instead, they were powered by the Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone (an 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial engine) and its later turbo-compound derivatives
B25 is cooler.
Well done, thanks!
Excellent Video! 👍👍👍
Does the 5000 build number include the A26 Invader attack craft or is that considered a separate production number?
Well done!!!
AI sucks. Thanks
If the British Mosquito had been available, wouldn't it have been a better choice for the Doolittle Raid than the B-25, due to its smaller size?
Great video. I am always interested in learning more about the B-26 because my dad was a waist gunner/engineer on the Marauder flying sorties into Germany and was shot down in the spring of 1945 with 2 of his mates perishing but he and his pilot and another mate surviving though my dad got shrapnel to the back of his head and a purple heart. I got to meet the surviving crew at a reunion and interestingly enough, I found a photograph of the very plane he flew in and was shot down in on the internet. It was Battle #77 and was called "Porky".
So you argument is " the shitier plan was better because the pilots were not trained properly " . Please don't make another video.
B-25 was better looking
Thanks for this clear concise comparison of these two bombers.
Good… hope you don't use Artificial Lack of Intelligence… if you do, I'll give you a "thumbs down" and leave.
Well done, you get a "thumbs UP".
I READ YEARS AGO THAT EARLIER IN WAR TWO THE
B-25 PEOPLE PUT
A SINGLE TAIL
ON THE
25 AND IT IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY IN A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT AREAS FROM AN ALREADY
GOOD PLANE
THEY DECIDED NOT TO RE-TOOL BECAUSE OF THE
EXTREMELY PRESSING NEED FOR THE WAR
EFFORT
WOULD OF BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE THE
SINGLE TAIL 25 IN COMBAT
GOOD LUCK
Where is your home in Caledonia?
PESIMO, MUY MALA LA TRADUCCION Y LA PRONUNCIACION. UN DESASTRE, UN HORROR.
The B-25. My uncle flew in B-26 bombers in WW2 and they weren't just called "stinky crews" because the planes were tough and nasty !! When the B-26 pilots turned at low altitude the planes lost lift and altitude fast… crashing in seconds in a fireball. The B-25 was more "forgiving".
It's like the difference between a sports car and a family sedan. Col Dolittle proved it with his flying circus pilot high skill. Mosquito bomber was much better than these two US bombers, faster, fly higher, heavier load and 3000 miles range. But it was made of plywood, its frame starts to rot when the paint peeled off . 🤔🤨😉😎
My dads best buddy flew 25’s out of Italy…he loved them…Said 24’s flew like pigs and the 26 was a widowmaker…Hot,very hard to manage…Said the 25’s flew themselves…
I have to disagree with you about the B25 only serving in the Pacific after 1943. Thousands of b25s served in the Italian campaign and also with the Russians in Eastern Europe during 43 to 45.
nice presentation!
My Father was in the 320th Bombardment group of B-26s. Joined Army Air corps in Jan. 1942, trained at McDill in Florida then sent to North Africa. He was first a gunner on the B-26s, but they could not control his blood pressure, so the became a mechanic on the ground crews. Was In Tunisa, Algeria, Sardinia and Corsica as the war advanced. Finally in Dijon France in late 1944. He came back with a big photo album with lots of aireal photos of some missions pilots and ground crew, etc. I will donate it the the Wright Patterson Air Force Museum upon my death. As like most WW2 service members, he never talked much about those years. I see the 320th had 582 missions and lost 80 aircraft.
Wow, rare to hear some lov'n toward th Marauder. 🇺🇸
Yooooooo 44
Very Much Appreciate the NO Arty fish oil N- telly gents.
Wish my dad was still alive to watch this- he always enjoyed a good laugh. Having completed 50 missions in north africa & italy with the 57th.😂
I prefer the B27
My step-father was an B26 engineer/gunner in the Pacific.
My Uncle was a B26 bombardier/navigator flying in Europe (he also manned the nose gun).
My Mother was a draughts woman for the B25 at the plant in L.A.🎉
I believe the b=25 was more forgiving to fly, the b=26 flew faster, and was harder land at a higher speed.
I liked and subscribed. Your information was accurate
Ich glaube die wahren beide gut gewesen alleine da einige von gebaut worden sind.
How do they compare to the Mosquito??
My wife's great uncle commanded a B-26 group and finished the war with 105 missions against Germany.
Hell of a couple of flying machines.
My pencil is far better than both of them combined !
Nice to see throwback video before AI ruined it.