Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Martin PBM Mariner — The Flying Boat Patrol Bomber” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/martin-pbm-mariner-flying-boat/.
Good article. Minor issue: the aircraft in The Raiders of the Lost Ark was actually a Short Solent (being rebuilt in California) standing in for a Martin M-130 (the original China Clipper). Both are four-engined aircraft,Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Martin PBM Mariner — The Flying Boat Patrol Bomber” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/martin-pbm-mariner-flying-boat/.
yupThe PBY got most of the attention. Just as the B-17 over-shadowed the other bombers such as the B-24, I believe the PBM was over-shadowed by the PBY. It seems amazing that just two radial engines managed to get this giant off the ground, let alone off the water. Great piece of history.