The Martin B-26 Marauder [Paperback]

J. K. Havener (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Southern Heritage Pr (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941072274
• ISBN-13: 978-0941072274
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,231,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Marauder Men Read It, October 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Martin B-26 Marauder (Paperback)

This book is an excellent in-depth account of the B-26. All aspects of the aircraft are covered, not just its combat exploits. I especially enjoyed the extensive chapters on the development and testing, which are very helpful in understanding the origins of the B-26's bad reputation and its subsequent rehabilitation into the most effective medium bomber in the European Theater. The book is an easy and informative read with just the right balance between technology and narrative. By the way, I met and spoke with the guy whose Marauder is pictured on the cover in a bookstore. He was looking for this book (I had bought the last one a week earlier) and I let him know of another store that had a copy. He was a real nice guy. I guess that would be the best endorsement this book could have. Like my review title says, the Marauder Men read it. That was a few years before amazon.com.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Availability is this book's best feature, January 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Martin B-26 Marauder (Paperback)

This was my first B-26 book and I liked it...until I found much better books. The best aspect of this book is that it is available in recent print. The problem is that it is only an average book. It is a small format book. Every picture is small and grainy. The paper is not glossy enough to allow the black and white pictures to look decent. Several color pictures have been stuck in the back but they are small and worse yet they are available in "Bomber Command" as larger glossy pictures. The text is very readable. My complaint is that Roger Freeman's book "B-26 Marauder at War" is ten times as good of book and was printed 20 years earlier. The book manufactures should reprint it and not this book. This book has few bits of additional information that isn't in Freeman's book. The best quality of the book is that the author was actually a wartime pilot. I recommend "B-26 Marauder at War" and "WWII: Flying the B-26 over Europe" and "Marauder Men" by Moench. The upcoming warbird tech b-26 book by Johnson with great luck will be better than the very poor P-61 Black Widow that I unfortunately purchased. Good Luck.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book on the Marauder out there., September 9, 1999

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Byron Kennedy (St. Petersburg, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Martin B-26 Marauder (Paperback)

There are not many books on the B-26 out there and to me this is one is the best. I had a copy when it originally came out by TAB/Aero books and had long since lost it. It is nice to have it back again. I am glad that they decided to put some of the author's color photos from WWII in it. I had seen some of his other color photos in "The 9th Air Force in Color." You cannot get a more comprehensive book on the Marauder.