The B-26 was a "Hot" aircraft with a substantial performance edge. The first B-26's were given to experienced Bomb Groups - who didn't have a problem with them. Then they began trying to put inexperienced crews in them - and - have inexperienced mechanics working on them. The Americans were trying to ramp things up as fast as they could - and sometimes this caused problems. "One A Day In Tampa Bay" was a saying about B-26 units training at Tampa Bay. They'd take off over the water - lose an engine because the mechanics didn't work on it right - and the torque from the remaining engine would put the plane in the water. With Good Mechanics - they wouldn't have been losing engines. With Good Pilots they would not have put the plane in the water when they lost an engine. There was an investigation and they thought of getting rid of the plane - but - the experienced crews stood up for it and they realized that the real problem was with the experience of the crews and mechanics. They slowed down, got the crews and mechanics properly experienced - and stopped losing airplanes. .
There is a similar story reflected in the movie "12 O'Clock High". Here - they are having problems with a unit they tried to ramp up to fast. They blame the CO - and put Gregory Peck in command. They stand the group down and concentrate on their training. He does a bunch of really stupid things and has to have other people on the base bail him out - but - with the experience they got standing down - the Bomb Group improves - and they become as good as they would have been in the first place - had they not tried to ramp them up so fast. What's funny - is Gregory Pecks incompetent Management Clone of a CO - is lauded for his leadership - which is just pure horse shit. The moron hurt the unit more than he helped it - but once it had gotten the extra training it should have had in the first place - they were able to over come his stupidity and became a successful unit. Almost no one recognizes this and everyone thinks of General Savage as a Hero - even though he himself ends up a Psych Wash Out - and has to be replaced by one of the men he had shit on. The TV show is completely different. This TV show is available on RU-vid if you search for it. .
Oh - and why didn't they recognize that it was a training issue in the first place (for "12 O'clock High")? Because that would have revealed the fact that they had tried to ramp the unit up to fast - which was a Management Mistake - and Management didn't even think of that. It never occurred to them that THEY had caused the problem. All of this is very illustrative of how things actually work In Real Life - but you need to be able to see it. Management screwing up but blaming the people below them - is a normal natural thing. Happens all the time. The thing here - is that Management isn't trying to Cover Their Ass - they honestly believe it is the people below them that have fouled things up - not them. That doesn't even occur to them. .
@@randallpickering9944 No, that's the A-26 Invader. I've done a video about that plane too if you look on my channel. Also gets talked about in my Korean War video too.
The B-26 Marauder, this plane, was the first B-26. A few years later another plane was developed called the A-26. For some unknown reason, some genius came up with the idea to redesignate that A-26 plane to a B-26. It was only a few years later, but by that time the Marauder was mostly non-operational. Someone wanted to do away with and forget the Marauder as quickly as possible as there are hardly any left when compared to B-25, or some WW2 fighters.
@@diffened The Air Force was getting rid of all their "Attack" aircraft thus no more A-26. All the Attack aircraft became "Bombers" - thus the transition from the A-26 to the B-26. This was also done with Fighters. Previously the Fighters had been Called Pursuit aircraft - thus - P-51. All the Pursuit aircraft became "Fighters" - and the P-51 became the F-51. .
