THE MARAUDER MEN OF THE
METROPLEX
PLIGHT OF THE MARAUDER
Of the 5266 Marauders constructed by
the Glenn L. Martin Company during WWII, only three (3) remain
intact in the world today. The three are "SHOOTIN'
IN" at the US Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio, "FLAK
BAIT", at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
and the "CHINO" Kermit Week's treasure, at the
Fantasy of Flight Museum, Polk City, Florida, the only Marauder
flying in the entire world.
At the end of hostilities, V-E Day, all
the Marauders in the European Theatre were Flown to two bases in
Germany and destroyed. Only one of these original aircraft was
saved. One called "FLAK BAIT" Today, the three
remaining are priceless, especially the "CHINO".
BIRTH OF
THE MMM
The Marauder Men of the Metroplex first
met in April of
1990, when three men met for lunch in Fort Worth, Texas. It was
originally open only to persons attached to the B-26 in the
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. That has since changed.
TWO GRANDSONS
"There were plenty of times on a 5 minute bomb run I prayed I was 6 minutes older" says pilot Jack Dean. "I always figured I'd want to tell my grandsons about all this. I wonder if they'll
understand what this was all about."
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