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Description
| Manufacturer: | Martin |
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| Base model: | PBM | ||
| Designation: | PBM | ||
| Version: | -5 | ||
| Nickname: | Mariner | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1935-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol Bomber | ||
Specifications
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Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jerry Kent Shelton, WA | I was with FASRON-110 San Diego From boot camp 1-1948 until I was sent to Alameda to join VP-47 in 1-1951 and we (ground crew) shipped out on a VERY long (6 weeks) cruise to Sangley Point P.I. on an OLD troop ship named the General D. Altman. I spent a month on a seapane tender at Okinawa. A few days after I was transported to Okinawa
that same plane lost an engine while on night patrol in the Formosa Straits it and was able to limp into Hong Kong harbor, the next day on take off after repair the plane crashed with 4 of the crew perishing. I left the Navy that Oct.1952 as an AE2 10/17/2008 @ 10:38 [ref: 22873] |
| Bruce Barth Austin, TX | Martin seaplane historian/author seeking original photos, manuals, documentation or other factory information on the Martin PBM-1. Also looking for a load adjuster sliderule for the PBM-5A. If you have something you feel may be of interest please contact Bruce Barth at bbarth1@austin.rr.com
10/15/2008 @ 11:54 [ref: 22862] |
| Helen Etheridge , VA | My dad flew these planes. He flew PBM's and PBY's in the USCG. He used to fly those planes overhead when we lived in St. Pete. Also, his heliocopter license for the Coast Guard is # 43. He was active in WWII and into the late 50's. His bible "Visibility Unlimited". Great website. 07/31/2008 @ 11:26 [ref: 22315] |
| Helen Etheridge , VA | My dad flew these planes. He flew PBM's and PBY's in the USCG. He used to fly those planes overhead when we lived in St. Pete. Also, his heliocopter license for the Coast Guard is # 43. He was active in WWII and into the late 50's. His bible "Visibility Unlimited". Great website. 07/31/2008 @ 11:26 [ref: 22314] |
| Bob Stiff Shavertown, PA | I was first mech./flt.eng on 3-boat in VP-50. Last operational PBM-5 Squadron in Navy in 1955. Based in Alameda,CA did one year rotations with VP-48 to Iwakuni, Japan. Flew surveillance patrols off Korean and China coasts to observe shipping. P5M's replaced the PBM for a short period until most of this work was taken over by the land based P-3 Orion. 05/18/2008 @ 14:30 [ref: 20954] |
| Bob Stiff Shavertown, PA | I was first mech./flt.eng on 3-boat in VP-50. Last operational PBM-5 Squadron in Navy in 1955. Based in Alameda,CA did one year rotations with VP-48 to Iwakuni, Japan. Flew surveillance patrols off Korean and China coasts to observe shipping. P5M's replaced the PBM for a short period until most of this work was taken over by the land based P-3 Orion. 05/18/2008 @ 14:30 [ref: 20953] |
| Sidney Foster Dawsonville, GA | I was in the Navy from 1951 - 1954 and was based at Sangley Point P.I. I was assigned to FASRON 119 where we serviced squadrons of PBM's. Those squadrons rotated after 6 months. The tour for land based sailors was 2 years. I was in the Phillipines from 1952-1954. I worked in a beachcrew that assisted in bringing the PBMs from the ocean up onto the concrete parking. Many happy memories. 04/24/2008 @ 13:44 [ref: 20709] |
| Bill Remick , AZ | I would like to know who posted the photos of the sunken PBMs. Those are photos I took, and I didn't give anybody permission to publish them in any form. Fess up. 04/07/2008 @ 15:12 [ref: 20375] |
| George P, Roullard San Diego, CA | In January, 1948 I reported aboard VP-42, San Giego, CA.
I had come from years of flying in PBY's from NAS Quonset Pt., R.I. I was qualified as ARM1C and Navigator. Only 3 mos after reporting aboard, we were deployed to Iwakuni, Japan. We flew anti-sub and anti-shipping during early Korean operations. We also flew night-cover for the Inchon Landing Operation. At the end of our tour, I transferred to VP-28, out of Barber Point, HI. We were based with the 1st Marine Div, in Korea, and flew nighttime flare missions with the Marine Night Fighters. I discovered that one of the Marine nightfighter Pilots we were supporting was my old Boy Scout leader when I was a kid, back in Maine. Some coincidence! When we returned to Barber Point, I was deployed back to the States and left the Navy after 12-yrs of service, 90% of which was in aviation. Although I was a radioman/radar, by "choice," I had a Commercial License, and was rated (still am) for Single/Multi-engine Land/Seaplane operation. Went to work for the Bell System as a Radio Engineer in Microwave systems. Retired after 30-yrs. Now am 85-yrs old. Have been ham radio operator since Ae 15. K6GTP 7034 kHz, CW, (thereabouts) 10/19/2007 @ 16:30 [ref: 18245] |
| Edward Meyer , MI | My father flew his last flight in a PBM from Hawaii to Alameda, Ca. in April of 1946, and has never flown since. He was in VH-2 and was later combined into VH-3. He trained on PBY's but flew PBM's after he was commissioned. He is now 85 and still has his Slipstream yearbook and all of his papers. 09/04/2007 @ 11:35 [ref: 17834] |
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