Martin Maryland
Reconnaissance · Glenn L. Martin Company · United States
| Typical crew | 3 |
|---|---|
| Engines | 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp |
| First flight | 1939 |
| Number built | 450 |
About
The Martin Maryland was an American light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft ordered before the war by France and then Britain. Fast for its day, it served the RAF, Fleet Air Arm and South African Air Force mainly in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Marylands flew some historically important reconnaissance sorties: one photographed the Italian fleet at Taranto before the Fleet Air Arm’s torpedo attack in November 1940, and another confirmed that the battleship Bismarck had left its Norwegian anchorage in May 1941. About 450 were built.
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