PBM Mariner Photographs | World War II Database

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PBM Mariner aircraft of Flight Lieutenant Fox, No. 41 Squadron RAAF, in flight from Townsville, Australia to Port Moresby, New Guinea, 21 Sep 1944	WAVES and Women Marines mechanics marching, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa 1944-1945; note PBM-3D, OS2U, and TBM aircraft	An US Navy beaching crew pulling a PBM-3S Mariner of patrol squadron VPB-206 out out the water, 1944-1945	US Coast Guard PBM Mariner aircraft taking off from the water, circa late 1940s

PBM-3 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-210 being prepared for hoisting aboard seaplane tender Albemarle, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 5 Jan 1945	PBM-3 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-210 hoisted aboard seaplane tender Albemarle, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 5 Jan 1945	A Mark XIII aerial torpedo with wooden shroud rings fore and aft being loaded from a boat into the starboard bomb bay (in the engine nacelle) of a PBM Mariner patrol aircraft, probably 1945 in the Pacific.	US Navy PBM Mariner using Rocket Assisted Take-Off packs (RATO) at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, 1945. Note OS2U Kingfisher float planes on the fantail of a battleship at left.

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	PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-27 at Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945. Page 1 of 2.	PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-27 at Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945. Page 2 of 2.	US Navy Lt Robert S Selby shoots the sun with a sextant inside one of the 40mm gun tubs aboard seaplane tender USS Castle Rock, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Apr 1945. Note 40mm ammunition racks and PBM Mariners beyond.

Two PBM Mariners beside the tender USS Timbalier, 1947. Location unknown.	US Navy PBM-5A Mariner aircraft, circa late 1940s	US Navy PBM-5 Mariner aircraft being hoisted onto a seaplane tender, early 1950s	Drawing of the PBM-5S Mariner aircraft, seen in US Navy publication Standard Aircraft Characteristics PBM-5S Mariner dated 1 Sep 1950

Dutch PBM-5A Mariner aircraft in flight, New Guinea, circa mid-1950s, as seen in the Oct 1956 edition of the 'US Navy Naval Aviation News'	PBM-5S Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-50 in flight, Apr 1956