PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-26 aboard seaplane tender USS Norton Sound, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945

Caption     PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-26 aboard seaplane tender USS Norton Sound, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945 ww2dbase
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Identification Code   80-G-K-16079
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PBM Mariner   Main article  Photos  
Photos at Same Place Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands
Added By C. Peter Chen

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1. JOHN L BUTTS 111 says:
14 Dec 2012 07:38:13 AM

just found this site .i have been going thew my dads old military stuff ,he was in this flight group vpb-26 he was on cac-2 which was damaged in april of 1945 . this could be his pbm. his lt. was lt. a.Cutet my dad was ARM2c W.M.Butts. if any body knew him write back..thanks john l butts 111

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