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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 R-2800-34. After a series of crashes, the Dutch withdrew their remaining aircraft from use in December 1959. [16]
Martin PBM Mariner The Martin P5M Marlin ( P-5 Marlin after 1962), built by the Glenn L. Martin Company of Middle River, Maryland , is a twin piston-engined flying boat that entered service in 1951, and served into the late 1960s with the United States Navy performing naval patrols.
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.
The Glenn L. Martin Company, also known as The Martin Company from 1917 to 1961, was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company founded by aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the US and allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War .
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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina [3] Consolidated Aircraft: Amphibious flying boat: Various 1941 114 Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull [4] Curtiss-Wright: Seaplane: Scout 1938 4 Douglas RD Dolphin [5] Douglas Aircraft Company: Amphibious flying boat: Transport and search and rescue: 1931 13 Fairchild J2K [6] Fairchild Aviation Corporation: Single-engine monoplane
Two 575 hp (429 kW) Wright R-1750 Cyclone engines. 25 built by Douglas. Keystone PK-1 Production version of PN-12. Twin tails. Two 575 hp (429 kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines. 18 built by Keystone. Martin PM-1 Production derivative of PN-12. Two 525 hp (391 kW) Wright R-1750 Cyclone engines. 27 built for US Navy by Martin. Martin PM-1B