1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash occurred on 30 December 1946, on Thurston Island, Antarctica when a United States Navy Martin PBM-5 Mariner crashed...
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a mid-air explosion. Another noted crash was the 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash in December 1946. In 1937 the Glenn L. Martin Company designed a new...
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Safety Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016. "Two killed in airplane crash in East Antarctica". southpolestation.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017. "ASN Wikibase...
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List of glaciers on Thurston Island (category Glaciers of Antarctica)
States Navy) Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Warr and five others survived the December 30, 1946 crash of a PBM Mariner seaplane on adjacent Noville Peninsula...
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Operation Highjump (category 1946 in Antarctica)
ships reached Peter I Island in late December 1946. On December 30, 1946, the Martin PBM-5 George 1 crashed on Thurston Island killing Ensign Maxwell A...
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Thurston Island (redirect from Williams Island (Antarctica))
February 1960. On 30 December 1946, Thurston Island was the site of Antarctica's first fatal plane crash. A Martin PBM-5 Mariner (59098) of the US Navy with...
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Walker Mountains (redirect from Smith Peak (Antarctica))
by US-ACAN after Ensign M. Eugene Litz, navigator and second pilot of PBM Mariner aircraft in the Eastern Group of United States Navy (United States Navy)...
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mountain and coastal areas adjacent to Thurston Island in 1946–47. Commander Howell landed a PBM Mariner seaplane in the open water of eastern Glacier Bight...
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Noville Peninsula (redirect from Mount Palmer (Antarctica))
the Operation Highjump PBM Mariner seaplane that crashed 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of this cape on December 30, 1946. Severely injured, LeBlanc...
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December 30 – A United States Navy PBM Mariner supporting Operation Highjump crashes at Thurston Island, Antarctica, during a blizzard, killing three of...
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Foundation. Retrieved June 28, 2011. "ASN Aircraft accident Martin PBM-5 Mariner CS-THB North Atlantic Ocean". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety...
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That expedition set out in December 1946 to conduct an extensive aerial survey of Antarctica, using Martin PBM Mariners based in the pack ice of the Ross...
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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–1949) (category Aviation accidents and incidents in 1946)
"JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 10 (AP) - The Navy said tonight a PBM Martin Mariner with 11 men aboard crashed near Jacksonville as it was about to begin a ground...
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Florida, a PBM–3D (Mariner) landed close aboard to ask assistance. Peterson towed the disabled plane to Ponce de Leon Inlet where a crash boat from New...
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That expedition set out in December 1946 to conduct an extensive aerial survey of Antarctica, using Martin PBM Mariners based in the pack ice of the Ross...
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economic, particularly given the comparable American equivalent, the Martin PBM Mariner, cost $1,000,000 per aircraft. Beginning in late 1952, the necessary...
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