Comments for Mariner/Marlin Association http://marinermarlin.com ANYWHERE - ANYTIME Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Comment on Japanese Sign Final Surrender by Doug Watts http://marinermarlin.com/2010/03/japanese-sign-final-surrender/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Doug Watts Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:46:52 +0000 http://marinermarlin.com/?p=288#comment-5 VPB 208 was stationed aboard the tender USS Hamlin, Shimawan Bay, Okinawa. The morning of Sept.2,1945 our PBM was ordered to Yokosuka Naval base to do recon flights around Honshu. Since we didn't know what to expect, our pilot, Lt. Mckibbon, ordered all guns manned and ready. Our flight pattern to Yokosuka took us right over Tokyo Bay. I was in the tail turret and the sight I saw will never be forgotten! Our altitude was almost roof-top level on the last leg of our approach and it looked like the whole Pacific was in port; carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers,etc. was all spread out before me. Then the ultimate, the Missouri came into view and I looked down on the actual signing of the surrender ! To my left I also noticed metal buildings with large POW signs painted on their rooftops ( So they wouldn't get bombed ). A very eventful day! VPB 208 was stationed aboard the tender USS Hamlin, Shimawan Bay, Okinawa. The morning of Sept.2,1945 our PBM was ordered to Yokosuka Naval base to do recon flights around Honshu. Since we didn’t know what to expect, our pilot, Lt.
Mckibbon, ordered all guns manned and ready. Our flight pattern to Yokosuka took us right over Tokyo Bay. I was in the tail turret and the sight I saw will never be forgotten! Our altitude was almost roof-top level on the last leg of our approach and it looked like the whole Pacific was in port; carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers,etc. was all spread out before me. Then the ultimate, the Missouri came into view and I looked down on the actual signing of the surrender !
To my left I also noticed metal buildings with large POW signs painted on their rooftops ( So they wouldn’t get bombed ). A very eventful day!

]]> Comment on 54B Operations in the Salton Sea by Doug Watts http://marinermarlin.com/2010/05/54b-operations-in-the-salton-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Doug Watts Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:20:49 +0000 http://marinermarlin.com/?p=296#comment-4 In March 1945 our PBM was enroute from Corpus Christi to Alameda NAS. We were told the SF area was fogged in and closed. We landed at Salton Sea and spent the night there. No accommodations so we slept on the plane. Left early the next morning. In March 1945 our PBM was enroute from Corpus Christi to Alameda NAS. We were told the SF area was fogged in and closed. We landed at Salton Sea and spent the night there. No accommodations so we slept on the plane. Left early the next morning.

]]> Comment on The Long Way Home by Jeff Sander http://marinermarlin.com/2010/03/the-long-way-home-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jeff Sander Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:27:43 +0000 http://marinermarlin.com/?p=280#comment-3 There is a book about this adventure: Pacific Clipper : The Untold Story ~ Albert S.J. Tucker, (Author), Matthew W. Paxton (Author) Quite a story. Would be appreciated by Mariner/Marlin airmen. Available on Amazon. There is a book about this adventure:

Pacific Clipper : The Untold Story
~ Albert S.J. Tucker, (Author), Matthew W. Paxton (Author)

Quite a story. Would be appreciated by Mariner/Marlin airmen.

Available on Amazon.

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