num_pages: 250
description: The Martin PBM Mariner was a seaplane first deployed in 1941 during the Battle of the Atlantic and became a mainstay of the Naval Air Transport Service as the first aircraft to provide a link between Hawaii and the South Pacific. Hoffman a former PBM pilot examines the PBM's contributions to WWII
language: English
title: The Fighting Flying Boat: The Martin PBM Mariner
publisher: US Naval Institute Press