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A further 12 PBM-3Rs were transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force for transporting troops and cargo. [13] [14] The Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 17 PBM-5A Mariners at the end of 1955 for service in Netherlands New Guinea. [15] The PBM-5A was an amphibian with retractable landing gear. The engines were 2,100 hp (1,600 kW) Pratt & Whitney ...
Built as a successor to the PBM Mariner, it had better engines, an improved hull, and a single vertical fin tail. The XP5M Marlin prototypes were based on the last PBM-5 Mariners, the company designation being Model 237. The type was heavily improved, again leading to the P5M-2 (Model 237B), which was redesignated SP-5B.
22 March 1945: Lieutenant Walter L. Hanson and his crew of 10 were killed in a crash at sea in a PBM-5. The aircraft was observed flying with one engine feathered immediately prior to the crash. 10 May 1945: Lieutenant (jg) Roland M. Cocker ditched at sea in a PBM-5 at night after a fire began inside the wing between the engine and fuselage.
Martin 162B PBM-3, XPBM-3E, PBM-3R; Martin 162C PBM-3C, XPBM-3D, XPBM-3S; Martin 162D PBM-3D; Martin 162E PBM-4; Martin 162F PBM-5; Martin 162G PBM-5A; Martin 162Com twin-engine transatlantic transport; Martin 162W twin-engine 45000 lb Navy patrol bomber; Martin 163 four-engine long-range commercial ocean transport; Martin 164 four-engine ...
PBY-5A (Model 28-5A) Amphibious version of the PBY-5 with two 1,200 hp (890 kW) R-1830-92 engines, first batch (of 124) had one 0.3 in (7.6 mm) bow gun, the remainder had two bow guns; 803 built including diversions to the United States Army Air Forces, the RAF (as the Catalina IIIA) and one to the United States Coast Guard. PBY-5R
VP-48 was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Boomerangers from 1975 to 1980, and the Boomers from 1981 to 1991. It was established as Reserve Patrol Squadron VP-905 in May 1946, redesignated Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) VP-HL-51 on 15 November 1946, redesignated VP-731 in February 1950, redesignated VP-48 on 4 February 1953 and disestablished on 23 May 1991.
The first task was selecting three PBM 5A flying boats from storage and ensuring their airworthiness. In September 1952 Lieutenant Commander James Iversen made a visit to Bermuda to establish administrative and maintenance provisions and to seek out aircraft ramp space.
Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer, U.S. Army Douglas A-26C Invader Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-70016 North American P-51D Mustang USAAF 44-63272 Douglas B-18 Bolo USAAF Martin PBM-5A Mariner, U.S. Navy Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Since 1976, the world's fastest air-breathing manned aircraft. Shenyang F-6A (MiG-19), ex-Egyptian Air Force.