HOW TO FLY THE b-26 bomber

the Martin b-26 was a twin-engined american bomber that saw a lot of service in WWII. It was initially used in the pacific theater and early 1942, but it went on to be used in Western europe shortly thereafter. When US Army aviation units began to heavily use them, it quickly became nicknamed the “widowmaker” due to its high rate of accidents during takeoff and landing. Most of these accidents were typically a result of pilot-errors as the plane was very sensitive and had to be flown at very specific airspeeds which most pilots weren’t used to. The accidents quickly reduced once pilots were re-trained and Martin made slight aerodynamic modifications. A total of 5,288 were produced in the span of four years between 1941 and 1945.