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Unveiling the Mystery of Project Mariner 0
- 2024, Spring 2024
- June 10, 2024
video provided by ProjectMariner.org| article by Lyle Dillie This immersive narrative recounts the intriguing tale of five TBM Avenger aircraft, collectively known as Flight 19, which vanished without a trace during a training mission from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale. The enigmatic vanishing of Flight 19, along with the subsequent disappearance of the PBM Mariner
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Journey of the SP-5B Marlin at the Naval Museum 0
- 2023, Spring 2023
- June 10, 2024
by Arnold Zahria, VP-50 Crew 6, Newsletter editor and publisher I have been with the Mariner/Marllin organization since about 1985 when the membership was over 3000. Being in the printing industry I volunteered to print the newsletter. I saw that the newsletter was in need of upgrading to a more professional look, so I also
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Guardians of the Sea: The Martin P5M-2 Marlin in French 0
- 2023, Winter 2023
- June 10, 2024
by Lyle Dillie | Newsletter Chairman – Mariner Marlin Association | December 2023 The Martin P5M-2 Marlin, an American-made maritime patrol flying boat, holds a unique position in the annals of French naval aviation. This article delves into the operational history, squadron deployment, and the broader impact of the P5M-2 Marlin in the French Navy,
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Life of a VP-50 Ground Pounder 0
- 2020, Summer 2020
- June 6, 2024
Submitted by Tom Leasure During my final stages of adolescents, and after high school, I found myself having no direction in life, no job, no college and of course no money. Just a lost soul not knowing what was to become of myself. My only certainly in life at this time was the draft was
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