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The ugly flying boat that hunted submarines across two oceans
It lacked the sleek lines of a fighter or the imposing presence of a heavy bomber, yet the Consolidated PBY Catalina became one of the most important aircraft of World War II. Known affectionately as ...
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The flying boat that quietly rewrote naval warfare
When the Martin PBM Mariner won a U.S. Navy production contract in 1937 without even flying a full-scale prototype, it upended long-standing procurement rules just as war loomed. As World War II ...
World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...
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