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U.S. NAVAL AVIATION RESOURCE CENTER > SEAPLANES & FLYING BOATS > JRM MARS > PREVIOUS PAGE
MARTIN JRM MARS
Production
The Old Lady - Bu. 1520. Ordered on 23 August 1938 and completed as the prototype long-range patrol XPB2M-1, it was first flown on 3 July 1942 and converted in December 1943 to transport variant and designated XPB2M-1R. Assigned initially to VR-8 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland for crew training, it was later transferred to VR-2 at NAS Alameda, California and scrapped in 1945.
XPB2M-1 Prototype.
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Hawaii Mars I - JRM-1 Bu. 76819 first flown on 21 July 1945 and delivered to the United States Navy. It sank on 5 August 1945 in the Chesapeake Bay and was disposed as scrap.
Philippine Mars - JRM-1 Bu. 76820, delivered to the USN on 26 June 1946 and assigned to VR-2 at NAS Alameda, California. Converted and re-designated JRM-3. Withdawn from service on 22 August 1956 and sold in 1959, it was converted to forest fire fighting aircraft and registered CF-LYK (later C-FLYK). The aircraft continued to fly with Coulson Group at Sproat Lake, British Columbia, Canada until its retirement in 2012. Will become a museum display at the National Naval Aviation Museum.
The Martin JRM-3 Philippine Mars (Bu. 76820) of transport squadron VR-2 taking off from
San Francisco Bay at NAS Alameda, CA to Honululu, Hawaii, in 1946.
[Source: U.S. Navy Photo]
Marianas Mars - JRM-1 Bu. 76821, delivered to the USN on 26 February 1946 and assigned to VR-2 at NAS Alameda. Converted and re-designated JRM-3, it was withdrawn from service on 22 August 1956 and sold in 1959. Converted to forest fire fighting aircraft and registered CF-LYJ, the aircraft crashed into Mount Moriarty near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, on 23 June 1961, when the water drop mechanism failed, leaving the aircraft unable to climb quickly enough to clear a mountain. In the ensuing crash, the crew of four were killed.
Marshall Mars - JRM-1 Bu. 76822, delivered to the USN, converted and re-designated JRM-3. It was destroyed by an engine fire and sank on 5 April 1950 off Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii.
The Martin JRM-2 Marshall Mars of transport squadron VR-2 burning on the Pacific Ocean off
Honululu, Oahu, Hawaii on April 5, 1950. A fire in engine No. 2 had forced the crew to ditch.
[Source: U.S. Navy Photo]
Hawaii Mars II - JRM-1 Bu. 76823, delivered to the USN on 23 April 1946 and assigned to VR-2 at NAS Alameda. Converted and redesignated JRM-3, it was withdrawn from service on 22 August 1956 and sold in 1959. Converted to forest fire fighting aircraft and registered CF-LYL (later C-FLYL), it remains the only aircraft of this type in service and is still flying with Coulson Group at Sproat Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
Caroline Mars - JRM-2 Bu. 76824, delivered to the USN on 10 May 1948 and assigned to VR-2 at NAS Alameda. It was sold in 1959 and converted to forest fire fighting aircraft by Forest Industry Flying Tankers. Registered CF-LYM. the aircraft was destroyed during Typhoon Freda at Victoria, Canada on 12 October 1962.
The Martin JRM-2 Caroline Mars (Bu. 76824) of transport squadron VR-2 sits moored off the
Naval Air Station Jacksonville sea wall, FL, on 15 July 1949.
[Source: U.S. Navy Photo]
Sources:
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