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Description
| Manufacturer: | Martin |
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| Base model: | PBM | ||
| Designation: | PBM | ||
| Version: | -3 | ||
| Nickname: | Mariner | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1935-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol Bomber | ||
| Crew: | 9 |
Specifications
| Length: | 80' 0" | 24.3 m | |
| Height: | 27' 6" | 8.3 m | |
| Wingspan: | 118' 0" | 35.9 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,408.0 sq ft | 130.7 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 32,387 lb | 14,687 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 58,000 lb | 26,303 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-2600-12 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1700 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,137 miles | 3,441 km | |
| Max Speed: | 198 mph | 318 km/h | 171 kt |
| Climb: | 410 ft/min | 124 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 16,900 ft | 5,150 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| john dober , PA | are there any reunions of WWII Veterans Rescue Squandrant 3, flew VH3, PBM3 Martin Mariner in 1945, Saipan. Would like to see my plane again.. any museums I can go to see them. From Pgh. PA. Please reply klm@salsgiver.com 08/29/2008 @ 05:04 [ref: 22575] |
| chuck miller sun city calif, CA | chuckmiller aom3c cac, tail/ vpb 17. pbms hunted and sank subs in atlantic, did black cat and dumbo in pacific plus giving fire directions for ships shelling islands . plane had good turretts, radar,and a good galley. when we took the pbm 3 to pacific everyone wanted to see latest moderen equipment whwn we returned to states a year later everone came out to see the antiques. at end of war in august 45 i/2 squadron went to china , other 1/2 to korea, / left planes inphillipines caught ride home on the sara.
01/09/2008 @ 18:31 [ref: 19204] |
| casper miller sun city, CA | tail gunner vpb 17, good bird if you remembered to purge tanks each time. squdron went into shangai august 1945. squandrom was one of first to use jato/ a reall kick in the ass. flew mostly "black cat" china sea straits formosa, also did dumbo. serviced by norton sound. orca and other tenders also hunted subs in carribean prior to picking up new planes at corpus and forming vpb 17. squadron also did fire direction for pt squadron 17., both operating out of towi towi borneo. mix up of mail between pt squadron and ours chaufered ausi liason bush men with shore watchers on islands prior to planned invasions of jap instalations. bombed shipyards on borneo and oil instalations. plane was work horse. good ppi scope radar. 01/09/2008 @ 18:02 [ref: 19203] |
| John Dober , PA | My father,John Dober, was a radio man, gunner on a PB Martin patrol bomber in WWII. His friends were Mike Blake
and Jim Durant for Rescue Squandrat 3 "Dumbo" and he is trying to locate them. I would like to take him to a museum that has his plane and to put him in touch with his friends if they are still living. It was a 1940 vintage PB Martin with gullwings that go upwards, then out and had pontoons on the end of the wing tips to rescue and land of the water. He was in Rescue Squandrant 3 ... Can you help me? Email me at klm@salsgiver.com. Thanks so much 05/27/2007 @ 05:03 [ref: 16619] |
| Loren Martens Montclair, CA | My step father, Wendell Glenn Harrison, Stationed aboard St.George AV-16, was a crew member on PBM-3's from San Pedro, CA. to Japan. During one of the Moorings, a crew member running to the wing tip, set the Float and wing tip into the water and the Plane took water through the open side hatch and sunk. The crew had to swim untill picked up by the service boat. Glenn was on the plane deck with his PBM when the Kamakasi came over his head and hit the crane and superstructure.
Sure would like to know which Anchorage that was ? 4/28/06 Glenn will be 92 in Oct. He later built and serviced SR 71's until retirement. 04/28/2007 @ 16:41 [ref: 16337] |
| Jay Stephens , NH | My grandfather Robert "Red" Stephens captained a PBM during WWII in the Pacific. A photo has the plane's markings as 211-P-1. I am looking for info, stories etc. Feel free to contact me a jstephens@ne.rr.com 04/02/2007 @ 10:13 [ref: 16074] |
| KING JACK G ATl USN RET BENTON, IL | was in vpmsatu10 jax 46 pbms had 2800 pw then, was in vp661 nas norva 52-3 when at jax vp208 was next door, sometimes we used jato i was arm then later al then at till ret.pbm,s were good birds had lots of gas leaks in hull tanks. 02/25/2007 @ 11:40 [ref: 15667] |
| KING JACK G ATl USN RET BENTON, IL | was in vpmsatu10 jax 46 pbms had 2800 pw then, was in vp661 nas norva 52-3 when at jax vp208 was next door, sometimes we used jato i was arm then later al then at till ret. 02/25/2007 @ 11:38 [ref: 15666] |
| KING JACK G ATl USN RET BENTON, IL | was in vpmsatu10 jax 46 pbms had 2800 pw then, was in vp661 nas norva 52-3 when at jax vp208 was next door, sometimes we used jato i was arm then later al then at till ret. 02/25/2007 @ 11:37 [ref: 15665] |
| virgil warren jr. buford, GA | my father,virgil warren sr. recently passed. he was a amm3 who flew with patrol squad 201 and 19 during ww2.anyone with info on his service pls email me. thanx in advance. 02/10/2007 @ 03:04 [ref: 15471] |
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