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On October 2, 1945, shortly after the war ended, Sample was listed as missing after his Martin PBM Mariner aircraft failed to return from a familiarization flight near Wakayama, Japan. Rear Admiral Sample was officially declared dead on October 3, 1946. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. [4]
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 ...
After dark, two Martin PBM Mariner flying boats originally scheduled for their own training flights were diverted to perform square pattern searches in the area west of US Navy Squadron Training No. 49 [ 7 ] PBM-5 BuNo 59225 took off at 19:27 from Naval Air Station Banana River (now Patrick Space Force Base ), called in a routine radio message ...
The 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash occurred on 30 December 1946, on Thurston Island, Antarctica when a United States Navy Martin PBM-5 Mariner crashed during a blizzard. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Buno 59098 was one of 4 aircraft lost during Operation Highjump .
English: The wreckage and survivors of the 30 December 1946 crash of a United States Navy Martin PBM-5 Mariner (BuNo 59098, callsign "George 1") on Thurston Island, Antarctica, photographed from another U.S. Navy PBM Mariner during search and rescue operations on 11 January 1947.
Martin PBM-5 Mariner 36: Unknown North Atlantic Ocean (near Portugal) Aero-Topográfica (ARTOP) flight from Lisbon to Funchal, piloted by Harry Frank Broadbent. The flight departing at 12:23 and the last radio transmission, received at 13:21, was "QUG", meaning "I am forced to land immediately." [137] [138] October 28, 1959: Cessna 310 (FAR-53) 3
MARTIN COUNTY — A 71-year-old man last seen Monday was found dead Tuesday in the John C. and Mariana Jones/Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area, and foul play is not immediately suspected ...
1945 – A U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner flying boat carrying Rear Admiral William Sample and eight others disappears near Wakayama, Japan while on a familiarization flight. The wreckage and their bodies will not be discovered under 19 November 1948.