1943, PBM C3, MARTIN MARINER, US Navy Training Film
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- 1943, PBM C3, MARTIN MARINER, US Navy Training Film, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navel Air Operational Training Command, produce by Wilding Productions
This training film covers starting the engines, taking off, level flight, emergency restart and altitude recovery after single engine failure and landing.
My great grandfather was awarded the distinguished flying cross for saving five sailors out of the water in the Pacific in a PBM. He saw the five men in the water and were being shot at by the Japanese. He put the PBM between the sailors and the Japanese and waited just long enough for all of them to get in then flew off. That’s all I know. And I also have his medal to prove it.
Great memories of from your grandfather, now that’s a hero. Thank you for sharing.
@@OfficeofImageArchaeology I never got to meet him sadly but I have a little addition to the story!
My grandmother (his daughter) and my grandfather went to a reunion with my great grandfather and actually met the five sailors, they thought it was a made up war story all up until that reunion.
@@BakerCoReenactedmy grandpa was a flight engineer in one of these and I never got to know him
Edit: they went to pick up a downed marine pilot north of Okinawa (during the maint battle) and were shot down themselves - my grandpa said the American planes would fly over, then the Japanese would fly over, then the Americans. And eventually it was more Americans going the one way
Great film. My uncle, Tom Davis, flew PBM’s I WWll in the Pacific. Flew picket duty and Air Sea Rescue during Iwa Jim’s and Okinawa campaigns. Never talked much about his military flying till shortly before he died in Asheville, NC a few years ago. Told me a couple stories about being forced to land during squadron movement from Hawaii to Majuro due to mechanical problems. Took them a week to get to their tender due to destroyer that was towing them having to break away because of sonar contacts. Also said that pocket duty at Okinawa warning of incoming kamakazie attacks was harrowing and particularly at night. Amazing stuff. Died at age 92.
Lovely, my dad must have seen this film as he was training. He was assigned to the Naval Air Station Banana River in Florida 1944-45, anti submarine patrol.
AMAZING generation ,, we all have been blessed to have each of you who were part of it all...
I use to see these parked at NAS NORTH ISLAND in the late 50's and early 60's . Mid 60's I flew as NFO in EA1F SKYRAIDERS . Thanks for putting this video on !!
A great under-recognized aircraft
Knobs, Switch's, levers, Dials, gauge's. Yes.
My grandpa was a flight engineer on one of these in WWII. His flight crew was put together to fly one from Florida to Hawaii and they never split up. They were shot down off Okinawa and picked up days later.
Correction: the flight crew was put together to fly a plane from Hawaii to the operating theater
Maybe you have already seen this but f not you will want to. There are a couple of sea rescues in it from downed Mariners.
@@OfficeofImageArchaeology ive seen one, but that was a Mariner picking up a downed fighter pilot. I forgot I have my grandpa's sea squatter's club card too
This is really cool. My dad flew one of these in the South Pacific with VPB-26!
I sure wish there had been some way for guys like your dad to have seen these films in their later years. I bet they had some great stories to share. Thank you for watching
That’s awesome. My grandpa was a mechanic for these planes specifically all throughout ww2 in the pacific!👍
Do ya'll know the tender?
Great presentation. Too bad we couldn’t get a tour of the inside. I was assigned to VP42 in 1959 and was on the rear party flying to Sangley Point in the Philippines. We did a 6 month tour there and rotated back to San Diego and switched with VP50, with them taking over patrol operations from Sangley. There was a 3 squadron rotation, with 6 months Philippines and a year in San Diego. VP 42 received the last p5m2 from Martin Aircraft, RB 5534, in 1960 or 1961. I believe it crashed somewhere off the Alaskan coast in 1965; not sure. I got out in 1962 and at that time p2v’s were starting to replace p5’s. I got to fly part time as a tail observer and it was an incredible experience. I’m in my early 80’s now and would sure love to see this boat, inside and out, to bring closure to some memories. Looking forward to more videos.
You might enjoy this film it has a lot more detail. It is based on a true story. ruclips.net/video/3vlnXQNL5ZI/видео.html
Thank you for publishing this. My father was a PBM aviator/captain but talked little of time in the pacific. I feel a little bit closer to him
You might want to take a look at this, ruclips.net/video/DSgCu0vlRI4/видео.html
Those sailors putting that beast in the water must be deafened
The plane my grandfather flew in WW2
Time to finish the starting sequence and the war is already over...
I was attached to an ASW Squadron that flew P3C Orions out of NAS JAX FLA '73 >'77. We would deploy to either Iceland or Scicly about every 6 months as part of NATO forces training exercises.
I have on my desk right now a P-3 Orion training manual for flight engineers and ordnance men. Something I acquired while I was researching the Martin PBM aircraft for a documentary I was working on. You got some nice travel and it looks like though. Thanks for watching.
Should add, deployed late 1943.
For a second, I thought this was about the Seattle Mariners; the only Major League Baseball team to never get to a World Series.
My grandfather flew one of these planes in the pacific during ww2
During WWII my father was
an AMM2c (T) aboard a PBM-3S Mariner Aircraft. The AMM2c (T) stands for Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class. The lower case "c" was his specialty: carburetors. The "T" indicated that he was a tail gunner. His plane was attached to Patrol Bombing Squadron 213. I believe his squadron was stationed in Florida. According to his flight log (which I still have), at wars end his squadron returned to Norfolk by ship. If anyone has any information on Squadron 213, where they were located, etc. I would appreciate it.
Thank you for sharing your memories with us. You might enjoy this film. ruclips.net/video/3vlnXQNL5ZI/видео.html it is the story of one crew and wreck that took the lives of most of them.
thank you very much for publishing of video. Do you have other for BPM3 like maitance of engine , hull, guns etc?
I am sorry no nothing like that. Thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Amazing how German WW2 films superior to anything seen from USN, either back then or during Vietnam. So what can be learned from this? Not much, except Navy's budget needs to be increased, you know, for buying better film, cameras and processing for training purposes (?) Gee whiz. Never thought of that.