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Hastily trained on an airplane with a bad reputation and rushed into combat in North Africa, the MTO B-26 groups went on to gain an enviable reputation for bombing accuracy and low combat loss rate. Performing the dangerous close support and interdiction roles, the units played a major role in the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, Italy and Germany. They proved the B-26 to be a highly reliable, effective medium bomber - indeed, an MTO-based B-26 was the first ever USAAF bomber to reach the 100-mission mark. It was the three MTO Bombardment Groups that established the Marauder as one of the USAAF's truly great aircraft of World War II.","breadcrumbs":[{"label":"Home","href":"/python/html6/index.html"},{"label":"Brands","href":"/python/html6/menu_brand_index/menu_brand_index_brands_87101ba214.html"},{"label":"Osprey","href":"/python/html6/menu_brand_products/1000/115000/menu_brand_products_Osprey_1_ecd9233e75.html"},{"label":"b-26","href":null}],"content":{"product":{"mpn":"b-26","manufacturer":"Osprey","brand":"Osprey","brand_url":"/python/html6/menu_brand_products/1000/115000/menu_brand_products_Osprey_1_ecd9233e75.html","title":"Osprey's examination of the B-26 Marauder Units' participation in World War II (1939-1945). 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Hastily trained on an airplane with a bad reputation and rushed into combat in North Africa, the MTO B-26 groups went on to gain an enviable reputation for bombing accuracy and low combat loss rate. Performing the dangerous close support and interdiction roles, the units played a major role in the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, Italy and Germany. They proved the B-26 to be a highly reliable, effective medium bomber - indeed, an MTO-based B-26 was the first ever USAAF bomber to reach the 100-mission mark. 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