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ON THE COVER:
US Navy sailors prepare a target for a mission with Martin JM-1 Marauder BuNo 66713 assigned to VJ-4 at NAS Norfolk in 1944. (USN)

FEATURES:

FROM CO-PILOT TO TAIL GUNNER
A pilot in the 100th Bomb Group recounts a sudden change in his mission status / by Kevin Maurer

SEARCH FOR  A FIGHTER
The unusual Vought V-173 was part of a quest to create a Navy VTOL fighter / by Arthur Schoeni

COLORS OF WAR
Rare color images of military aircraft from the Challenge archives / by Michael O’Leary

WHEN THE MUSTANG WENT TO WAR
As production deliveries increased, the Royal Air Force formulates plans on how they wanted to use their new fighter / by Michael O’Leary

WHEN THE NAVY FLEW MARAUDERS
The little-known story of the Martin JM-1 and JM-2 / by Marshall Wainwright

DEPARTMENTS:

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
Beside all our regular news reports, we examine David Tallichet’s Marauder restored by the MAPS Air Museum / by Doug Fisher

CHECKLIST
Newest in aviation literature

LOG ENTRIES
Finding that hero that lives down the block / by Mark Bingham

IN THE SHOP
When a book becomes a tool / by Bruce Lockwood

EARL’S OAKLAND
Our new photo feature focused on Oakland Airport / by Earl Holmquist

DOWN MEMORY’S RUNWAY
Photographs recalling aviation’s glorious past / by Norm Taylor

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics