B-26 Marauder of the 9th Air Force - AotA 25 - Osprey - Softcover CS inspiration for fictional heroes to

inspiration for fictional heroes to follow

These snake headed monsters are cold blooded foes for adventurers to battle

charismatic and powerful leaders would rise with the tide of public dissatisfaction and change the course of Russian politics forever

Yet until now no historically reliable book about him has been written for a popular audience

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B-26 Marauder of the 9th Air Force - AotA 25 - Osprey - Softcover CS inspiration for fictional heroes toThe medium bomber 'workhorse' of the Ninth Air Force, Martin's much maligned B 26 Marauder recovered from its poor start with the Eighth Air Force to go on and equip no less than eight bomber groups in the ETO. Although initially dubbed 'the widow maker', a change of tactics from low to medium level bombing for the Marauder soon improved the crews' chances of survival indeed, by war's end it boasted a lower loss per sortie ratio than any other twin