page_title: Martin PBM Mariner
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Martin PBM Mariner / Operators
caption_attribution_description: A Royal Air Force Coastal Command Martin PBM-3B Mariner I (s/n JX103) of No. 524 Squadron at Oban, Scotland (UK), in October 1943. The squadron was assessing the aircraft, but in the end the type was not adopted by the RAF, and in 1944 No. 524 re-equipped with the Vickers Wellington XIII.
context_page_description: The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 were built, with the first example flying on 18 February 1939 and the type entering service in September 1940.
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Navy purchased nine PBMs during the 1950s for the Argentine Naval Aviation, retiring its last Mariner in May 1962.
   Australia
  Royal Australian Air Force
  No. 40 Squadron RAAF
  No. 41 Squadron RAAF
   Netherlands
  Netherlands Naval Aviation Service
  VSQ 321 based at Biak Air Base, Dutch New Guinea operated 15 PBM-5As between 1955 and 1960 after the retirement of their PBYs.
   United Kingdom
  Royal Air Force ordered 33 aircraft but only 28 were delivered.
  524 Squadron operated 28 Mariner Is from October–December 1943 under command of No. 15 Group Coastal Command.
   United States
  United States Navy
  ATU-1
  ATU-10
  ATU-501
  VPB-2
  VR-8
  VR-10
  VR-21
  VPB-16
  VPB-17
  VPB-20
  VP-21
  VPB-27
  VPB-34
  VP-40
  VP-46
  VP-56
  VPB-98
  VPB-99
  VPB-203
  VP-204
  VP-205
  VPB-206
  VPB-207
  VP-208
  VPB-209
  VPB-210
  VPB-211
  VPB-212
  VPB-213
  VPB-214
  VPB-215
  VPB-216
  VP-731
  VP-892
  VH-1
  VH-2
  VH-3
  VH-4
  VH-5
  VH-6
  United States Coast Guard
   Uruguay
  National Navy of Uruguay purchased three PBM-5S2s in 1956, with the last retired on 3 February 1964.
caption: A 524 Sqn RAF Mariner I at Oban, Scotland (UK), in October 1943.
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