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[nocternalrandomness]

A 1944 photograph of a PBM-3R Martin Mariner Patrol Bomber from RAAF No. 41 Squadron

[usafphantom4]

The magnificent Latécoère "Laté 631". Here n°02, took to the skies at the beginning of 1945, bearing the name ‘Lionel de Marnier’ in reference to the founder of the ‘Lorraine’ group who disappeared at sea in December 1944.

@AviationMarlene via X

[enriquemzn262]

Sailor clean a Martin PBM Mariner patrol bomber flying boat.

[dronescapesvideos]

US Coast Guard Hall PH-3 flying boat firing a M1919 Browning machine gun in 1943.

[lonestarflight]

Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina flying over a hangar and several North American SNJ Texans, Navy trainers, at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Photographed by Thornton, H. Marion in the 1950s.

Alaska State Library: ASL-P338-0409

[bigglesworld]

Short S.25 Sunderland 5. At Tower Bridge in 1982

[usafphantom2]

Short Sunderland flying boats.

Queen's Island, Belfast, 1943.

I asked last year, so interested to see what new followers think...

What's the collective noun for a group of Short Sunderlands? 🤷‍♂️

@WW2airfields via X

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Dornier Do 24 of Seenotstaffel 7, Mediterranean, date unknown. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

[oldschoolfrp]

When you have a flying boat but you still have to row (Robin Parry, I believe, for Parry and Ste Dillon's "Scatophagium Campaign" section in Adventurer magazine 8, March 1987)

[carbone14]

Deux hydravions Loire 130 aux couleurs de l'armée de l'air de Vichy – 1940's

[nocternalrandomness]

Dornier Do 24 coming off the water

[crownedstoat]

LaGuardia Marine Terminal, Pan American Airways base. In NYC. Boeing 314 at the pier.

[enriquemzn262]

PBM Mariner

[dronescapesvideos]

Short Mayo Composite Seaplane. United Kingdom, 1938.

VIDEO 🎥 https://youtu.be/ThFL8GsIKd8

HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGE 📷 https://tinyurl.com/3yk22z59

[dieselfutures]

Supermarine Southampton MKI - Small Brown Dog 

[bigglesworld]

Sikorsky S-42. Pan American Clipper. Captain Edwin Musick getting a lot of assistance as he comes ashore at Pearl Harbor. April 1935.