Posted by Ray [172.68.27.3] on Friday, July 03, 2026 at 01:03:50 :
In Reply to: Re: Water Bomb posted by Nick [104.22.86.13] on Wednesday, July 01, 2026 at 08:30:54 :
Martin JRM Mars
This is the one I'm amazed with n how it was originally built during WWII to supply Hawaii and all the Pacific Islands
After the war they were sold and converted to water bombers by the Canadian Forest Service
Here is a YouTube clip on one of the 6 built (actually they built 7, building a new one to replace one that had a engine fire that destroyed the flying boat, and named it the same name as it's predecessor) all named as Islands in the Pacific
And another with stats of the flying boat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_JRM_Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol07yTMlM_c
https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/martin-jrm-philippine-mars/