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BooksBOOKs: VPNAVY Book Title: MARTIN P5M MARLIN by Capt Richard Hoffman USN (Ret) dickdot@san.rr.com.

The lineage of Martin and the flying boat can be traced back to the PBM-4 of 1941. Navy last flying boat and the end of a long era of seaplanes in the US Navy. This book covers the squadron that used them and parts of the pilot handbook and maintenance manual. Squadron and crew patches. Photos of the catwalks and some of the hazard of working on a seaplane over the water. There are also section on the US Coast Guard and French use. The Marlin losses and a list of Casualties. 168 pages, 273 photos, 50 drawings 1 page of models colored front and back cover with 12 colored photos. Also 2 pages on the P6M and advanced seaplanes. Squadrons Mentioned: VP-30, VP-31, VP-40, VP-42, VP-44, VP-45, VP-46, VP-47, VP-48, VP-49, VP-50, VP-56, VT-31 and VX-1 to mention a few! ORDER NUMBER - NF74 $34.95 - ISBN 0-942612-74-4 WebSite for ordering a copy: http://ginterbooks.com/NAVAL/NF74.htm [17MAY2007]


VP LogosLOGOs: Purchase Information: Buy PatchesVP-47 Patch Buy Patches features a large selection of Military related Patches, Aviation Art Prints, Military Caps and more. Free Shipping Worldwide*. VPNAVY will get 5% commission on all purchases! Contributed by Dave Duckworth dave@militarybest.com [17OCT2000]


MovieMOVIE: "12OCT52--FORMOSA STRAIT PATROL (VP-47)...Control Number: NWDNM(m)-111-ADC-9304...General Material: Motion picture films...description Unit: Item...Record Group: 111...Series Designator: ADC...Item Designator: 9304...Title: FORMOSA STRAIT PATROL (VP-47)...Date: 10/12/1951...Format: silent, unedited, 907', black & white, 35mm...Creating Org.: Office of the Chief Signal Officer...Record Type/Genre: Army actions in combat and peacetime...Scope & Content: Summary: AVs, small islands in Formosa Strait. AVs, VS, ship (tanker) at sea, framed by float of camera plane. PBM-BA4, of Squadron VP-47, flies over, past tanker. PBM in flight over water, peels off, banks left. AVs, some framed by camera plane's wing float. Distant China coast. Pescadores Islands, ships in harbor, planes, small craft, USS Salisbury Sound (several runs), terrain, seaplanes. (NOTE: Various intermittent scratches, emulsion digs)...Geographic Ref.: Bet China's Fukien Coast and Formosa...Accession Number: NN3-111-91-001; 002; 003; 004; and NN3-111-92-001...Contact: Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: (301) 713-7060 FAX: (301) 713-6904..." NARA ARCHIVAL INFORMATION LOCATOR (NAIL) http://www.archives.gov/index.html


MovieMOVIE: "02JAN51--DESDIVI3 DEPARTING FROM SAN DIEGO; ARRIVAL OF COMM., VP-47...Control Number: NWDNM(m)-428-NPC-198...General Material: Motion picture films...description Unit: Item...Record Group: 428...Series Designator: NPC...Item Designator: 198...Title: DESDIVI3 DEPARTING FROM SAN DIEGO; ARRIVAL OF COMM., VP-47...Dates: 01/02/1951-01/04/1951...Format: unedited...Scope & Content: SAN DIEGO HARBOR and NASMCU Dual 5" mount of gun turret aboard a DD.MS Same; flags being hoisted on yardarm in BG.MS DD's foretops; flags being hoisted; sailors walking in FG.LS Several DD's (side by side) tied to pier in San Diego Harbor.MS RADM LAURANCE T. DuBOSE addressing CO's of DD's on fo'cs'le of USS PRAIRIE (AD-15).MCU RADM DuBOSE shaking hands with CO's of DD's on fo'cs'le aboard the PRAIRIE.MLS Men casting lines away from USS BLUE (DD-744), as she prepares to get underway.MLS BLUE underway in San Diego Harbor; DD's tied to pier in BG.MCU USS ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM (DD-752) underway in San Diego Harbor; DD's tied to pier in BG.PAN Stern of DD's tied moored side by side to pier(very jumpy).MCU Foretop of DD.MCU Foretop of DD; flags being hoisted to yardarm. Signalman sending up flags from flag bay. MS Group of officers shaking hands with RADM BuBose aboard the PRAIRIE.MS Signalman on bridge of DD sending blinker message.MS DD's leaving side of the PRAIRIE; Navy band playing in FG.MS Sailor with rifle over shoulder in FG; DD in BG underway in San Diego Harbor.AV DD's underway heading out of San Diego Harbor (SV).AV Near verticle: Blue underway.AV Water level shot: USS FRANK E. EVANS (DD-754)underway (SV).AV Three DD's in column making turn.MS PBM approaching ramp.MS Men with hoses washing down PBM as she comes up ramp.MS CDR JOSEPH H. ARNOLD greeting wife, as he climbs out of waist hatch of PBM.CU CDR ARNOLD shaking hands with CAPT J. G. FOSTER.MS Crew members of PBM.LS PBM crew and welcoming group.MS PBM being towed by tractor up ramp.(ted above)...General Note: Title from summary...Subject Ref.: GUNS, 5"; TURRETS, ship; DESTROYERS, DD"s scenes abd.; COMM., signal flags; DESTROYERS, DD"s, ti up; DOCKS, San Diego; DUBOSE, L.T., RADM; OFFICER, USN; PRAIRIE, USS; AUX. SHIPS, AD; SEAMANSHIP, lines; BLUE, USS; DESTROYER, get underway; ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM, USS; ENL"D.MEN, USN, QM; SHIPS, bridge, DD; COMM, blinker; MUSIC, bands, USN; GUARDS, USN; FRANK E. EVANS, USS; PLANES, PBM; PLANES, towed; VEHICLES, tractor; PLANES, maintaining; ARNOLD, J. H. CDR.; CIVILIANS, wife; FOSTER, J.G., CAPT.; PLANES, crews; CEREMONIES, welcome; SQDNS, VP-47; NAS, San Diego; HARBORS, San Diego...Use Restrictions: Other. Department of the Navy, Naval Photographic Center...Contact: Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: (301) 713-7060 FAX: (301) 713-6904..." NARA ARCHIVAL INFORMATION LOCATOR (NAIL) http://www.archives.gov/index.html


VP ModelsMODELs: Decal Kits ThumbnailModel decals, VP Aircraft, etc. are available for: VP-4, VP-6, VP-8, VP-14, VP-31, VP-42, VP-45, VP-67, VP-47, VP-49, VP-50, VP-60, VP-64, VP-69, VP-60, VQ-1, Plus more! (MIKE'S HOBBY SHACK) http://mkhobbyshack.bizland.com/ [12AUG99]


BooksBOOKs: Title: "It takes teamwork : Patrol Squadron - 47." Imprint [S.l. : Western Yearbook, 1973?] Physical Description 75, [5] p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm. WebSite: Navy Department Library http://www.history.navy.mil/library/ [Link Updated 24APR2001 | 30JAN99]


BooksBOOKs: Title: "Patrol Squadron Forty-seven deployment 1974 : a season to remember, NAS Agana, Guam, NS Adak, Alaska." Imprint [Marceline, Mo. : Walsworth Pub. Co., 1974?] Physical Description 100 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm. WebSite: Navy Department Library http://www.history.navy.mil/library/ [Link Updated 24APR2001 | 30JAN99]


BooksBOOKs: Title: "Patrol Squadron Forty-seven : WestPac '67." Imprint [Tokyo : Daito Art Print. Co., Ltd., 1967?] Physical Description [72] p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm. WebSite: Navy Department Library http://www.history.navy.mil/library/ [Link Updated 24APR2001 | 30JAN99]


BooksBOOKs: Title: "Patrol Squadron Forty-seven, WestPac deployment : service on the U.S. bicentennial ... Patrol Squadron 47." Imprint [Marceline, Mo. : Walsworth Pub. Co., 1976?] Physical Description 100 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm. WebSite: Navy Department Library http://www.history.navy.mil/library/ [Link Updated 24APR2001 | 30JAN99]


BooksBOOKs: Title: "PBM Mariner in Action Including the Martin P5M Marlin, JRM MARS and P6M Seamaster Number 74" [VP-7, VP-14, VP-16, VP-17, VP-18, VP-19, VP-21, VP-26, VP-31, VP-32, VP-45, VP-47, VP-48, VP-50, VP-55, VP-74, VP-202, VP-206, VP-211, VP-216, etc.] [23DEC99]


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