Jim,
‘The RAF received 123 B-26C-30-MOs under the designation Marauder II. Serials were FB400 through FB522. 100 of them (FB418 through FB517) were delivered to the South African Air Force, and formed the initial equipment of Nos 12, 21, 24, 25, and 30 Squadrons. As part of the Desert Air Force, they supported the Allied force in the invasion of Italy.’
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b26_8.html
‘The RAF designation for 123 aircraft of the B-26C, delivered under the Lend-Lease Act.’
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/martb26.html#martb26verstab
‘The RAF used the B-26 Marauder exclusively in the Mediterranean theater, using none in the European theater except the first three, (FK109-FK111). The original RAF 52 B-26s were Marauder l’s (serials FK109-FK160). By the end of 1943, 45 of these had arrived in Cairo ferried by No. 45 Group RAFFC, 113 Wing. 19 B-26A- l’s (FK362-FK379) were delivered as Marauder IA’s. By late summer 1944 Marauder III’s were being delivered. 100 were B-26F-2’s (HD402-HD501). 75 were B26G-1 I’s (1-11) 602-1-113676). 75 were B-26G-2 I’s (HD 677-HD 751). The 521 ordered by the RAF were built to
British specifications.’
http://www.b-26marauderarchive.org/NL/Thunder/V10/V10N1.pdf
Found only a P-38, a B-24D and a Curtiss P-40K with “Hellzapoppin” noseart … and a B-17 with “Hellsapoppin”
Martin
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