My Father was a crewman on the -5's with VP-42 durin the Korean War. They were stationed at San Diego, but deployed to Iwakuni, Subic Bay, and Kodiak. He also has one of the ORIGINAL poems written about a crew that disappeared while on patrol. It is titled "Old Crew 8". If anyone has more information, or another of the ORIGINAL copies of the poem, it would be nice to hear from you.

Thanks

Darrell Martin AD1 USN (Retired)

My father Drexel Cline Partridge was an AOM3 on PBM 5's from April to Nov 1945 - With Squadrons 22 and 100(VPB-99)- then transferred to the USS Bering Straight and USS Cook Inlet until May 1946 - If anyone had served during that time, or has a parent who did, with some memoirs, any info would be greatly appreciated

My Father, Elbert Clell Howell was a PO-3 and Flight Eng. on PBM Mariners assigned to VP-MS-2 in 48-49. He passed away in 2008 and I've found some of his old photos of his crew mates. Would love to know who they are, I only have the names they went by, like Red, Hare, Platte, and some others. Willing to share digitized photo's as well. Some can be seen here: http://www.vpnavy.org/vpms2.html

My Uncle Joseph Cornacchione was and Aviation Radioman assigned VR-13 at Manus Island, Admiralty Islands during WW2. I believe he was flying this type of aircraft. He died in an Jeep accident on Morotai Island on 12 November 1945. It would be great to find anyone that may have known him.
Thanks!

I have been researching my uncle Harold T. Carey's career in the Navy which began in 1935. He was killed in action July 4, 1943 flying a PBM Mariner while engaging a German U Boat in the Atlantic off the Eastcoast of the United States. Parts of the mission were classified during the war, but going through my grandmother's letters, which include a letter from the Department of the Navy, I know the action included another Mariner crew. Both crews were stationed at Norfolk, VA at the time. If anyone knows anything about this event I would appreciate any information. I know it was a long time ago, but my uncle's wife is still alive and his youngest brother is still alive. The family is interested in any details.

I recall my father flying PBMs out of Banana River NAS during WWII. He was at first an AP, but ended his career as a flight instructer at Pensacola as a LT USN after the war. I subquently became a Naval Aviator and flew P2Vs out of Barber's Point, Hawaii.
Jack Newberry

Had fun dragging them up on the ramp then fun stopped when we got a 5A down in the land of the BWI buck.

FASRON 915

I was a radioman/gunner on D-5, a PBM-5 aircraft in VPB (Patrol Bombing Squadron) 21 in 1945-46. I'll be happy to share memories with anyone interested in this great plane.
There's one surviving plane, a 5A amphibious model, at the Pima Air Museum near Tucson, AZ.

HELLO,
MY FATHER WAS A FLIGHT ENGINEER ON THIS TYPE PBM.
CAN U TELL IF THERRE IS ONE LEFT SOMEWHERE IN THE USA.
HE'S 87 AND WOULD LOVE TOHE JOURNEY THERE!
THANKS JOHN