The Martin JRM Mars is a large, four-engined cargo transport flying boat designed and built by the Martin Company for the United States Navy during World War II. It was the largest Allied flying boat to enter production, although only seven were built. The United States Navy contracted the development of the XPB2M-1 Mars in 1938 as a long-range ocean patrol flying boat, which later entered production as the JRM Mars long-range transport.
Four of the surviving aircraft were later converted for civilian use to firefighting water bombers. Two of the aircraft still remain based at Sproat Lake just outside of Port Alberni, British Columbia, although neither is operational. On March 28, 2024, the British Columbia Aviation Museum announced it will be acquiring the Hawaii Mars from Coulson Aviation. It will fly in the Fall of 2024 to Victoria and be part of a permanent display. [1] On April 25, 2024, it was announced that Philippine Mars will be acquired by the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona to be put in permanent display there.[2]
^"Historic B.C. Martin Mars water bomber will fly one last time". Alberni Valley News. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
^"Coulson Aviation's Philippine Mars Waterbomber to land permanently at Arizona museum". CHEK. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
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