"Flak Bait" was a Martin B-26 Marauder airplane that genuinely lived up to its nickname. Throughout its career, the aircraft survived a total of 207 missions, including five where it served as a decoy ...

The National Air and Space Museum’s Martin B-26 Marauder Flak-Bait still wears its original wartime paint, complete with chips, repairs, and patches testifying to the hard life of a combat aircraft.

The Martin B-26 Marauder Flak-Bait survived two years ... One glowing indicator of the public interest in Flak-Bait is the paint that’s been worn off the nose and bomb bay bulkhead by visitors ...

While North American Aviation responded to this by producing the famous B-25 "Mitchell," the Glenn L. Martin Company came up with the B-26 "Marauder ... By the end of the war “Flak Bait” is believed ...

Their Martin B-26 Marauder – known as “The Widowmaker ... “We got plastered from flack – anti-aircraft fire,” Karen recalled. “They pounded us pretty heavy. After we landed ...