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Martin PBM Mariner

{{Short description|American patrol bomber flying boat}}

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{{Infobox aircraft

|name = PBM Mariner

|image = File:Martin PBM-5 Mariner in flight c1945.jpeg

|caption = A U.S. Navy PBM-5 Mariner

|type = Patrol bomber flying boat

|national_origin = United States

|manufacturer = Glenn L. Martin Company

|first_flight = 18 February 1939

|introduction = September 1940

|retired = 1964 (Uruguay)

|status =

|primary_user = United States Navy

|more_users = United States Coast Guard
Royal Australian Air Force
Argentine Navy

|produced = 1940–1949[http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/pbm-mariner-in-action-squadron-signal-aircraft-in-action-1074.html "PBM Mariner in Action."]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|number_built = 1,366

|unit cost =

|developed_from =

|variants =

|developed_into = Martin P5M Marlin

}}

The Martin PBM Mariner is a twin-engine American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the first example flying on 18 February 1939, and the type entering service in September 1940, with the last of the type being retired in 1964.

A Mariner, otherwise noted for its WW2 and post-War service, was the type that vanished searching for Flight 19. Flight 19 vanished in the Bermuda Triangle, it and the Mariner that searched for it were never found with its 14 crew, though it was thought to have suffered a mid-air explosion. Another noted crash was the 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash in December 1946.

Design and development

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In 1937 the Glenn L. Martin Company designed a new twin-engined flying boat, the Model 162, to succeed its earlier Martin P3M and complement the PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado. It received an order for a single prototype XPBM-1 on 30 June 1937.Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p. 318.

To test the PBM's layout, Martin built a three-eighths scale flying model, the Martin 162A Tadpole Clipper with a crew of one and powered by a single {{convert|120|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Chevrolet engine driving two airscrews via v-belts; this was flown in December 1937.{{Cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/martin-model-162a-tadpole-clipper/nasm_A19530086000|title = Martin Model 162A "Tadpole Clipper" | National Air and Space Museum}} This was followed by an initial production order for 21 PBM-1 aircraft on 28 December 1937.Green 1968, p. 177.

The first genuine PBM, the XPBM-1, flew on 18 February 1939.

The aircraft had multiple gun positions including single mounts at each midship beam and stern above the tail cone. Additional guns were positioned in the nose and dorsal turrets, each fitted with two-gun turrets. The bomb bays were in the engine nacelles. The gull wing was of cantilever design, and featured clean aerodynamics with an unbraced twin tail. The PBM-1 was equipped with retractable wing landing floats that were hinged outboard, with single-strut supported floats that retracted inwards to rest beneath the wing, with the floats' keels just outboard of each of the engine nacelles. The PBM-3 had fixed floats, and the fuselage was three feet longer than that of the PBM-1.

Martin also developed the even larger 4-engined Martin JRM Mars in this period.{{Cite web |title=Martin Mariner, Mars, & Marlin Flying Boats |url=https://www.airvectors.net/avmars.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.airvectors.net}}

Operational history

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File:Martin PBM-5 Mariner of VPB-26 aboard USS Norton Sound (AV-11) off Saipan in April 1945 (80-G-K-16079).jpg

File:PBM Mariner USS Curtiss (AV-4).jpg {{USS|Curtiss|AV-4}} after a mine-hunting patrol off North Korea during the Korean War (1950-1953).]]

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The first PBM-1s entered service with Patrol Squadron Fifty-Five (VP-55) of the United States Navy on 1 September 1940. Prior to the entry of the United States into World War II in December 1941, PBMs were used (together with PBYs) to carry out Neutrality Patrols in the Atlantic, including operations from Iceland. Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, PBMs were used on anti-submarine patrols, sinking their first German U-boat, U-158, on 30 June 1942.Dorr 1997, p. 115. PBMs were responsible, wholly or in part, for sinking a total of ten U-boats during World War II. PBMs were also heavily used in the Pacific War, operating from bases at Saipan, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and the South West Pacific.Dorr 1987, p. 116.

The United States Coast Guard acquired 27 Martin PBM-3 aircraft during the first half of 1943. In late 1944, the service acquired 41 PBM-5 models and more were delivered in the latter half of 1945. Ten were still in service in 1955, although all were gone from the active Coast Guard inventory by 1958 (when the last example was released from CGAS San Diego and returned to the U.S. Navy). These flying boats became the backbone of the long-range aerial search and rescue efforts of the Coast Guard in the early post-war years until supplanted by the P5M Marlin and the HU-16 Albatross in the mid-1950s.[https://cgaviationhistory.org/1943-coast-guard-acquires-martin-pbm-3-5-flying-boats/ "1943: Coast Guard Acquires Martin PBM-3/-5 Flying Boats."]US Coast Guard. Retrieved: 8 Dec 2018.

PBMs continued in service with the U.S. Navy following the end of World War II, flying long patrol missions during the Korean War.Dorr 1987, p. 118. It continued in front line use until replaced by its successor, the P5M Marlin. The last Navy squadron equipped with the PBM, Patrol Squadron Fifty (VP-50), retired them in July 1956.Roberts 2000, Appendix 1, p. 671.

The British Royal Air Force acquired 32 Mariners, but they were not used operationally, with some returned to the United States Navy.March 1998, p. 172. A further 12 PBM-3Rs were transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force for transporting troops and cargo.[http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/aircraft/series2/A70.htm A70 Martin Mariner] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630170804/http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/aircraft/series2/A70.htm |date=2009-06-30 }}. RAAF Museum:RAAF Point Cook. Retrieved: 24 May 2009.{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Wynnum|title=RAAF PBM-3S Mariners|url=http://www.adf-serials.com.au/research/raaf-pbm.shtml|work=www.adf-serials.com|access-date=16 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510064758/http://www.adf-serials.com.au/research/raaf-pbm.shtml|archive-date=10 May 2013}}

The Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 17 PBM-5A Mariners at the end of 1955 for service in Netherlands New Guinea.Hoffmann 2002, p. 74. The PBM-5A was an amphibian with retractable landing gear. The engines were {{convert|2100|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34. After a series of crashes, the Dutch withdrew their remaining aircraft from use in December 1959.Hoffman 2002, pp. 76–77.

Variants

File:Martin XPBM-1 Mariner in flight c1939.jpeg

;XPBM-1 (Model 162)

:Prototype. Powered by two 1,600 hp (1,194 kW) R-2600-6 engines.Dorr 1997, p. 122.

;PBM-1 (Model 162)

:Initial production version. 5× .50 inch (12.7 mm) machine guns. Two R-2600-6 engines; 21 built.

;XPBM-2 (Model 162)

:Conversion of one PBM-1 as experimental catapult-launched long-range strategic bomber.Dorr 1997, p. 123.

;PBM-3 (Model 162B)

:Improved version. 1,700 hp (1,270 kW) R-2600-12 engines; 32 built.

;PBM-3R (Model 162B)

:Unarmed transport version of PBM-3. 18 new build plus 31 converted from PBM-3.

;PBM-3C (Model 162C)

:Improved patrol version with twin .50 in machine guns in nose and dorsal turrets, and single guns in tail turret and waist positions. AN/APS-15 radar in radome behind cockpit; 274 built.Dorr 1997, p. 124.

;PBM-3B (Model 162C)

:Designation for ex-RAF Mariner GR.1A after return to U.S. Navy.

;PBM-3S (Model 162C)

:Dedicated anti-submarine aircraft with reduced armament and weight for improved range. Six were prototyped from the PBM-3C with radar and standard armament less the dorsal turret. Later a light weight nose armament was fitted (2× fixed 0.50 in machine guns in nose. Retained were single machine gun in port waist position.; 62 conversions plus 94 built as new plus .Dorr 1997, p. 125.Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p. 320.

;PBM-3D (Model 162D)

:Patrol bomber with increased power (two 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) R-2600-22s) and increased armament (twin 0.50 in machine guns in nose, dorsal, and tail turrets, plus two waist guns). 259 built.

;PBM-4 (Model 162E)

:Proposed version with two 2,700 hp (2,015 kW) Wright R-3350 engines; unbuilt.Dorr 1997, p. 126.

;PBM-5 (Model 162F)

:Version with 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines;Donald 1995, p. 184. 628 built.

;PBM-5E

:Variant of PBM-5 with improved radar.

;PBM-5S

:Lightened anti-submarine variant of PBM-5.

;PBM-5S2

:Improved anti-submarine aircraft with revised radar installation.

;PBM-5A (Model 162G)

:Amphibian version of PBM-5, with retractable tricycle undercarriage; 36 built plus four conversions.

;Mariner I

:British designation for 32 PBM-3B supplied to the Royal Air Force.

Operators

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  • Guardia Nacional
  • 5 PBM-5s {{cite book| last = Blancard| first = Wendell| author-link = Wendell Blancard| title = The Almanac of World Military Power| publisher = Alexander Barker LTD|edition = Second | date = 1972

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  • Royal Air Force ordered 33 aircraft but only 28 were delivered.Hoffman 2003, p. 33.
  • 524 Squadron operated 28 Mariner Is from October–December 1943Jefford 1988, p. 96. under command of No. 15 Group Coastal Command.

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  • National Navy of Uruguay purchased three PBM-5S2s in 1956, with the last retired on 3 February 1964.Hoffman 2003, pp. 31–32.

Surviving aircraft

File:Martin PBM 5-A Mariner at the Pima Air and Space Museum.jpg

  • United States Navy PBM-5A (Bureau Number (BuNo) 122071) is the only surviving Mariner. It is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and is currently on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.[http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=172 "Martin PBM-5A Mariner."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108035113/http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=172 |date=2010-01-08 }} Pima Air and Space Museum. Retrieved: 2 August 2009. Operated by the USN between 1948 and 1956, it is painted in the markings of Transport Squadron 21 (VR-21) and coded RZ 051 of the early 1950s.
  • PBM-5 BuNo 59172 lies upside down under Lake Washington. It crashed on 6 May 1949, and after a number of unsuccessful attempts to recover the wreck over the following decades, it is now used as a training site for divers.[http://www.nwrain.net/~newtsuit/recoveries/lkwash/pbm/pbm.htm "Martin Mariner PBM-5 in Lake Washington."] The tail section is currently on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719234143/http://www.nwrain.net/~newtsuit/recoveries/lkwash/pbm/pbm.htm |date=2011-07-19 }} Pima Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 7 August 2009.[http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-6c.htm "Martin PBM Mariner Patrol Bomber-BuNo 59172."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207130909/http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-6c.htm |date=2008-12-07 }} United States Navy, 29 March 2009. Retrieved: 7 August 2009.
  • The Model 162A (registered NX19168), the piloted three-eighths scale test aircraft, is on display at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=NX19168 "Martin 162A NX19168."] airliners.net. Retrieved: 7 August 2009.

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 11 November 1942 a U.S. Navy PBM-5 (BuNo 1256) Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida. In unknown circumstances, while flying in the vicinity of the Banana River NAS, the seaplane caught fire and crashed. All 11 occupants were killed.[https://www.baaa-acro.com/city/banana-river-nas Banana River NAS website]Possibly what may have been plane wreckage and some human remains were found in the Banana River/Cape Canaveral in May 1961[https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/202610 Aviation Safety Network 202610 ]
  • On 6 August 1943 a U.S. Navy PBM-5 (BuNo 6713) (VP-205 USN/P-4) (Trinidad and Tobago) was shot down by the German submarine {{GS|U-615||2}} with no survivors among the 12-man crew.[https://www.baaa-acro.com/aircraft/martin-pbm-mariner?page=8 Martin PBM MAriner Forum][https://uboat.net/boats/u615.html UBoats.net]
  • On 16 June 1944, a U.S. Navy PBM-5 exploded and crashed in San Francisco Bay, California, killing the pilot, Lieutenant William Hess, and eight other Navy crewmen.[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69778662/william-frank-hess#view-photo=310651146 William Hess 1944 obituary]
  • On 30 November 1944, a U.S. Navy PBM-5 crashed into Mount Tamalpais in northern California, killing eight naval aviators and naval aircrewmen. The aircraft had taken off from Naval Air Station Alameda and was part of a larger flight headed for Hawaii when it developed engine trouble shortly after takeoff.{{cn|date=November 2021}}
  • On 5 December 1945, a U.S. Navy PBM-5 (BuNo 59225), based at Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, took off to search for the five TBM Avengers of Flight 19 from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which had disappeared during a training flight. The PBM was not heard of again, and it vanished from radar 20 minutes after taking off. A vessel in the area reported seeing a fireball and found an oil slick, and the PBM is believed to have been destroyed in a mid-air explosion off the coast of Florida near The Bahamas, but no remains of the PBM or its crew ever were found.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Martin PBM-5 Mariner 59225 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19451205-0 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=aviation-safety.net}}{{Cite web |title=The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19 All 14 airmen involved in Flight 19 were never seen or heard from again. By Frankie Witzenburg October 2021 Naval History Magazine |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/october/mysterious-disappearance-flight-19}}
  • The 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash occurred on 30 December 1946, on Thurston Island, Antarctica, when a U.S. Navy PBM-5 Mariner crashed during a blizzard. Three men were killed in the crash. The six survivors were rescued 13 days later.{{Cite news |date=30 December 1956 |title=Decade Ago Sarasotan Was Off For Antarctica |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7HccAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6 |url-status=live |access-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803065248/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7HccAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q=1946%20Antarctica%20PBM%20Mariner%20crash |archive-date=3 August 2021}}{{Cite journal |date=1974 |title=United States aircraft losses in Antarctica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBzT8Yx3QGEC |url-status=live |journal=Antarctic Journal of the United States |volume=9 |pages=3–4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803065250/https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Antarctic_Journal_of_the_United_States/xBzT8Yx3QGEC?gbpv=0 |archive-date=2021-08-03 |access-date=2021-08-03}} Buno 59098 was one of four aircraft lost during Operation Highjump.
  • On 10 September 1958, Mariner P-303 was being ferried to the Netherlands from Biak, Indonesia. Due to technical problems, a forced landing was carried out at Abadan, Iran. About two weeks later, repairs had been accomplished, and the aircraft took off. Shortly after takeoff, an oil leak was observed on engine number one. While on final approach for landing at Abadan airport, the aircraft suddenly lost height and crashed, killing all aboard. It appeared that the remaining propeller reversed thrust, causing the crew to lose control.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580910-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Martin PBM-5A Mariner P-303 Abadan Airport (ABD)|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109100948/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580910-0 |archive-date=2012-11-09}}
  • On 9 November 1958, a PBM-5 Mariner (CS-THB, named Porto Santo) of the Portuguese airline ARTOP (Aero-Topográfica) piloted by Harry Frank Broadbent and co-piloted by Thomas Rowell, carrying four other crew and 30 passengers, disappeared on a scheduled passenger flight from Cabo Ruivo, Lisbon, Portugal to Funchal, Madeira. The last communication from the aircraft (when it was about 13°W) was a radio message code "QUG", meaning "I am forced to land immediately". No trace has ever been found of the aircraft, nor its six crew or 30 passengers.Ranter, Harro and Fabian I. Lujan. [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19581109-0 "ASN Aircraft accident Martin PBM-5 Mariner CS-THB North Atlantic Ocean."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104033028/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19581109-0 |date=2012-11-04 }} Aviation Safety Network, 2005. Retrieved: 28 June 2011.1958 / NOV / 09 - Accident with the Seaplane - CS-THB - disappeared between Lisbon and Funchal [http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt/?cr=9516 GIAA Final Report (in Portuguese)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125421/http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt/?cr=9516 |date=2015-04-02 }}

Specifications (PBM-1)

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{{Aircraft specs

|prime units?=kts

|ref=Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War IIBridgeman 1946, p. 245.

|crew=Seven

|length ft=79

|length in=10

|length m=23.50

|span ft=118

|span in=0

|span m=36

|height ft=27

|height in=6

|height m=5.33

|wing area sqft=1,408

|wing area sqm=131

|empty weight lb=33,175

|empty weight kg=15,048

|gross weight lb=56,000

|gross weight kg=25,425

|eng1 name=Wright R-2600-6

|eng1 type=14-cylinder radial engines

|eng1 number=2

|eng1 hp=1,600

|eng1 kw=1,194

|max speed kts=178

|max speed mph=205

|max speed kmh=330

|range nmi=2,600

|range miles=3,000

|range km=4,800

|ceiling ft=19,800

|ceiling m=6,040

|climb rate ftmin=800

|climb rate ms=4.1

|power/mass= |guns= 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (two each in nose, dorsal and tail turrets, one each in blisters amidships)

|bombs=4,000 lb (1,800 kg) of bombs or depth charges or 2 × Mark 13 torpedoes

}}

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References

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=Bibliography=

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  • Bridgeman, Leonard. "The Martin Model 162 Mariner." Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. {{ISBN|1-85170-493-0}}.
  • Donald, David, ed. American Warplanes of World War II. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1995. {{ISBN|1-874023-72-7}}.
  • Dorr, Robert F. "Variant Briefing: Martin Flying Boats: Mariner, Mars and Marlin". Wings of Fame, Volume 7, 1997, pp. 114–133. London: Aerospace Publishing, {{ISBN|1-874023-97-2}}.
  • Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Five Flying Boats. London: Macdonald, 1968. {{ISBN|0-356-01449-5}}.
  • Hoffman, Richard A. "Dutch Mariners: PBMs in Service with the Netherlands Navy". Air Enthusiast, No. 97, January/February 2002, pp. 73–77. Stamford, UK:Key Publishing. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • Hoffman, Richard A. The Fighting Flying Boat: A History of the Martin PBM Mariner. Annapolis, Maryland: US Naval Institute Press, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-59114-375-8}}.
  • Hoffman, Richard A. "South American Mariners: Martin PBMs in Argentina and Uruguay". Air Enthusiast, No. 104, March/April 2003, pp. 29–33. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • Jefford, C. G. RAF Squadrons. Ramsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, UK, First edition, 1988. {{ISBN|1-85310-053-6}}.
  • March, Daniel J. British Warplanes of World War II. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1998. {{ISBN|1-874023-92-1}}.
  • Martin PBM-3C US Navy Pilot's Handbook (MTPBM3C-POH-C). Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, 1944.
  • Martin PBM-3D 1943 Pilot's Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions (AN 01-35QF-1). Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, 1944.
  • Martin PBM-3D 1945 Pilot's Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions (AN 01-35EE-1). Washington, DC: The Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, 1944.
  • Martin PBM-5 1947 Navy Model Pilot's Handbook (AN 01-35ED-1). Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, 1944.
  • PBM-3S PNM-3D Handbook of Structural Repair Navy Model (A.N. 01-35QG-3). Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, 1944.
  • Roberts, Michael D. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080915133000/http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/dictvol2.htm Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons: Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(HL) and VP(AM) Squadrons.] Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 2000.
  • Smith, Bob. PBM Mariner in action - Aircraft No. 74. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1986. {{ISBN|978-0-89747-177-0}}.
  • Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. London: Putnam, 1976. {{ISBN|0-370-10054-9}}.
  • Sweet, Donald H. et al. The Forgotten Heroes: The Story of Rescue Squadron VH-3 in World War II.Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey:DoGO, 2000. {{ISBN|0-9679889-8-5}}.

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |last= Ginter |first= Steve |year= 2013 |title= Martin PBM Mariner |edition= First |publisher= Ginter Books |series=Naval Fighters |volume=Nº97 |url= http://www.ginterbooks.com/NAVAL/NF97.htm|isbn= 978-0-9892583-1-9 |location= California, United States |access-date= 31 January 2015 }}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Núñez Padin |first1=Jorge Felix |title=JRF Goose, PBY Catalina, PBM Mariner & HU-16 Albatros |year=2009 |editor-first=Jorge Felix |editor-last=Núñez Padin |publisher=Fuerzas Aeronavales |series=Serie Aeronaval |volume=25 |language=es |isbn=9789872055745 |location=Bahía Blanca, Argentina |url=http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-jrf-goose-pby-catalina-pbm-mariner-hu-16-albatros-serie-aeronaval-no25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221549/http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-jrf-goose-pby-catalina-pbm-mariner-hu-16-albatros-serie-aeronaval-no25 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2015-01-26 }}

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120216093032/http://www.uswarplanes.net/marinermarlin.html US Warplanes]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090626072918/http://www.marylandaviationmuseum.org/history/martin_aircraft/12_pbm.html Maryland Aviation Museum]
  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020124051154/http://www.vectorsite.net/avmars.html The Martin Mariner, Mars, & Marlin Flying Boats at Greg Goebel's site]}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100714134633/http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/hist-ac/pbm.pdf PBM history with U.S. Navy]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070327080058/http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-vol2/appen1-2.pdf U.S. Navy patrol aircraft]
  • [http://www.adf-serials.com/2a70.shtml RAAF PBMs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006173321/http://www.adf-serials.com/2a70.shtml |date=2014-10-06 }}
  • [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_200307/ai_n9263965/ RAF Mariner GR I Air Classics article]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0uAa1WH51U PBM launch & in flight (color film footage)]
  • [http://www.webstervid.com/watch.php?vid=b136dddab Decommissioned PBM sunk in Kwajalien Lagoon]

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