The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.
Martin Baltimore
Martin A-30 in USAAF colors prior to delivery
Martin Baltimore GR.I
The Baltimore GR.IIIA variant supplied to the British under the Lend-Lease program. This variant was equipped with a Martin dorsal turret housing twin .50-caliber M2 machine guns.
The Glenn L. Martin Company, also known as The Martin Company from 1917 to 1961, was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company founded by aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the US and allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War. During the 1950s and '60s, the Martin Company moved from the aircraft industry into the guided missile, space exploration, and space utilization industries.
The Martin B-26 Marauder, a bomber produced by Martin during World War II.
The Sonora, a Martin Pusher single-seater, saw combat in the Mexican Revolution (1913).
A Glenn Martin TT with Sergeant Broeckhuysen of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force seated in the middle with factory mechanics (1917)
XB-48 bomber prototype, in front of Martin Company hangar, circa 1947.