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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 94616

Martin PBM-5 "Mariner" Patrol Bomber

(with the nickname "HOTOGO" painted on its bow)

Is hoisted on board USS Curtiss (AV-4) in the Korean War zone, 8 November 1950.
At that time this plane, and others from Fleet Air Wing 6, were engaged in anti-mine patrols off the Korean coast.
Note twin .50 caliber machine gun turret fully trained to starboard, with guns depressed.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Aviation History Branch, Naval Historical Center.

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5 November 1999