Martin B-26C Marauder Crew

Reading time: less than a minute | Written by Ben Branch | January 18th 2013

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photograph shot into the cockpit of a WWII plane before, the nonchalant look of the front gunner is just too cool for words.

Click the photograph, then click it again for the high resolution version.

Ben Branch

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Published by Ben Branch - January 18th 2013

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