Aviation News and Photos with David Arkwright: A Martin PBM-3D Mariner prepares to launch from a coastal Naval Air Station to patrol for German submarines spring 1943. The landing gear had to be manually removed before takeoff and reinstalled before exiting the water. Mariners were one of the most effective of the Navy’s long-range flying boats.

Monday, 19 July 2021

A Martin PBM-3D Mariner prepares to launch from a coastal Naval Air Station to patrol for German submarines spring 1943. The landing gear had to be manually removed before takeoff and reinstalled before exiting the water. Mariners were one of the most effective of the Navy’s long-range flying boats.

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