PBM Mariner Photographs | World War II Database

39 items in this album on 2 pages.


PBM-1 Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-56 in flight, 1940	The squadron commander’s plane, a rare PBM-1D variant, with Patrol Squadron VP-55 flying Neutrality Patrols, probably at Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 1941.

PBM-3 Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-74 in flight, 1942	Two PBM-1 (front) and two PBM-3 (back) in flight, 1942. The PBM-1s are from an early production series with retractable floats that were discontinued for principal production. Location unknown. Photo 1 of 2

Two PBM-1 (front) and two PBM-3 (back) in flight, 1942. The PBM-1s are from an early production series with retractable floats that were discontinued for principal production. Location unknown. Photo 2 of 2	PBM Mariner being hauled out of the water, 1942. Paint scheme suggests a North Atlantic location.

PBM-3 Mariner in flight, probably on a test flight over southern California, United States, late 1942.	Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-201, Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, United States, circa Dec 1942-Feb 1943

US Navy PBM-3 Mariner aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-204 in flight, 1942-1943	Instrument panel of a Martin PBM-3R Mariner stationed at the Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, United States, 24 Feb 1943. Photo 1 of 3.

Instrument panel of a Martin PBM-3R Mariner stationed at the Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, United States, 24 Feb 1943. Photo 2 of 3.	Instrument panel of a Martin PBM-3R Mariner stationed at the Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, United States, 24 Feb 1943. Photo 3 of 3.

An US Navy beaching crew clinging to the tow line of a PBM Mariner aircraft, Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, United States, circa Mar 1943	PBM Mariner aircraft being washed at Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida, United States, circa Mar 1943

PBM-3C Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-203 at Naval Air Station Isla Grande, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 12 Mar 1943	PBM-3S Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-211 flying over the Brazilian naval dockyard at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec 1943

PBM-3S Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-211 off Brazil, 1943-1945	PBM-3S Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-214 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 1944

PBM-3D Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-216 being hoisted onto seaplane tender USS Chandeleur, anapag harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 24 Jun 1944	United States Navy or Coast Guard beaching crews working around a PBM-5 Mariner on the ramp of an unknown seaplane base in the Atlantic area, 1944-45. Note the unusual squadron insignia on the nose.