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Martin Mars wreckage found
In August, while cataloging the debris field around the wreck of a Japanese
midget submarine, HURL submarine pilot Terry Kerby ran across the inverted keel of a "flying boat" A Martin JRM-1 Mars named "Marshall Mars" In the spring of 1950, during a test flight off of Diamond Head, one of "Marshall Mars" engines caught fire, and the pilot landed in the open ocean. Although the crew got out safely and a fireboat was soon on the scene, the plane burned, exploded and sank. The cause was thought to be a leaking fuel line, although it could not be confirmed because the wreckage vanished, swallowed by the ocean. http://starbulletin.com/2004/12/14/news/story4.html two of the Mars flying boats are still around. http://www.martinmars.com/ |
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