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  • History Up Close with the SP-5B Marlin – Video

    History Up Close with the SP-5B Marlin – Video3

    History Up Close series with LCDR Robert “Kim” Sheldon, USN (Ret.) as he spotlights the Museum’s SP-5B Marlin

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  • 2 MiGs vs. 1 PBM

    2 MiGs vs. 1 PBM1

    Submitted by Dave Rinehart Never let it be said shanghaiing was not practiced by the US Navy in the 1950’s! My only personal involvement with this practice began on Oct 1, 1953. I was in Crew 5 of Patrol Squadron 50 deployed to NAS Iwakuni, Japan. We mustered as usual at 0800 in the hanger

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  • Patrol Squadron 50 Aircraft Accident Report, April 1959

    Patrol Squadron 50 Aircraft Accident Report, April 19590

    Autor: Bob “Count” Noble Patrol squadron fifty was nearing the end of it’s 1958-59 deployment to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. We had enjoyed successful yet typical tour, meeting our commitments without incident, and having to launch the “Ready Crew”on a rare occasion. Crew 10 had the Yellow Sea patrol on a blustery day in April 1959.

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  • Ascarate Lake Takeoff

    Ascarate Lake Takeoff1

    Author: Lee Anderson, VP-48 I read with great interest the story in the latest issue of the Mariner/Marlin magazine about the P5M landing in El Paso, Texas. During our 2001 VP-48 reunion in San Diego I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with two of the crew members who flew the plane off of

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