Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Martin PBM Mariner '122071' Arizona 2005 AIRH
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Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Mitsubishi Ki-51s China ARWA
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Northup BT-1 dive bomber of 'Bombing Six' on USS Enterprise HOAR
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Beautiful.
Zippythehog
Staff Sergeant
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Ya know, a picture like that could make a guy want to join the Navy.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
They have ice cream.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
And of that same era, TBD's of VT-6 in March 1941
Zippythehog
Staff Sergeant
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Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Curtiss XSB2C-1 HOAR
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
U.S. Navy Martin PBM-3 Mariner is being rigged for beaching at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), circa mid-1942. WIKI
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Look at those open cockpits on those TBD's! They were surely flying pretty darn slow.
One of the TBD pilots who survived at Midway did so because he was told "The TBD is not very fast but it flies slow better than any other airplane around." So that pilot did not fly as fast as possible on the way back from striking the IJN fleet, crabbing and generally making as poor a target as possible, no doubt with his rear gunner doing all he could as well. A Zero followed them almost the whole way and never was able to line them up for a shot.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Not a well remembered aircraft. The Germans captured some in France and the RAF shot down at least one of them. And the USMC lost a number at Midway. VT-8 was equipped with them before getting their TBD's.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Topedo 2 off California coast late 1930's different angle THJI
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Great Lakes TG-1 USN Nebraska 1927 AIRH
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Great Lakes TG-1 '8472' VT-2 USN California 1929-1930 AIRH
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Nakajima B5N1 from the Kasumigaura Ku BURI
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Four U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariners in flight near Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida (USA), in March 1943. The two PBM-1s are without wing floats, the two PBM-3s have wing floats SILH
Shortround6
Major General
Are you sure about the wing floats?
PBM-1s were supposed to have retracting floats.
PBM-1s were supposed to have retracting floats.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
An installation now known as Patrick Space Force Base. I violated their airspace this morning, but they were all asleep and thus were closed.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Going by the author of the publication. Could be an error on his part. Anything is possible.
Original PBM: The original PBM was a seaplane with no landing gear.
PBM-5: The PBM-5 was not an amphibious aircraft and did not have retractable landing gear.
PBM-5A: The PBM-5A was an amphibious aircraft with retractable landing gear. The Navy ordered 36 PBM-5A models to address the PBM's lack of landing gear. The PBM-5A was used in the Coast Guard as the PBM-5G.
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