Description
Title 1 contains:
- US Navy Pilot’s Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions for the PBM-3D, AN 01-35EE-1 dated 15-1-44 with approx. 93 pages. (The PBM-3D differed from the earlier PBM-3C in having a more powerful engine variant, search radar, self-sealing fuel tanks, and revised offensive and defensive armament.)
- US Navy Pilot’s Handbook for the Martin PBM-3S, NAVAER 01-35QG-1, undated with approx. 64 pages. (The PBM-3S was a specialised ASW version with extra fuel, defensive armament reduced to four machine guns, and the ability to carry depth charges.)
- US Navy Pilot’s Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions for the PBM-5, AN 01-35EE-1 dated 8-6-44, revised to 10-8-44, with approx. 100 pages. (First of the versions with the R-2800 engine, this was the most numerous PBM with over 630 produced.)
Title 2 contains:
- RAF Provisional Pilot’s Notes for the Mariner GR.1, Air Publication AP 2446A dated Nov 1943 with approx. 39 pages. (The Mariner GR.1 was the British designation for 32 PBM-3B’s supplied to the RAF. As far as we know a full Pilot’s Notes was never produced.)
- US Navy Pilot’s Handbook for the Martin PBM-3R, NAVAER 01-35QE-1, dated June 1943 with approx. 98 pages. (The PBM-3R was an unarmed transport version.)
- US Navy Pilot’s Handbook for the PBM-5, AN 01-35EE-1 dated 15-7-47, revised to 1-10-51, with approx. 226 pages.