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PBM-3C/D Mariner 1/72 Scale
Scale: 1/72 Length: 13.25" Wingspan: 20" Code: MCSS09W050
Delivery 7 to 10 days
The aircraft was fitted with five gun turrets and bomb bays that were in the engine nacelles. The gull wing was of cantilever design, and featured clean aerodynamics with an unbraced twin tail. The PBM-1 was equipped with retractable wing landing floats that were hinged inboard, like the Catalina. The PBM-3 had fixed floats, and the fuselage was three feet longer than that of the PBM-1.
The British Royal Air Force acquired 32 Mariners, but they were not used operationally. Some were returned to the United States Navy, and twelve were transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force for transporting troops and cargo.
The Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 17 PBM-5A Mariners at the end of 1955 for service in Netherlands New Guinea. The PBM-5A was an amphibian plane with retractable landing gear. The engines were 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34. After several incidents, the Dutch scrapped their aircraft in January 1960.
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