filstoy
(1) Did the Glenn L. Martin Co. have a manufacturing plant for the PBM-3 in or near St. Louis, MO, c.1943?
(2) Were (any) PBM's ever disassembled and shipped by rail to California, for deployment to the Pacific Theater c.1944?
[My Dad was a non-pilot Navigator in PBM-3's, assigned to U.S. Navy squadron VPB-19 in 1944-1945. The squadron was formed in Alameda, CA; and then flew their planes to Hawaii, and then on to theri assigned mission locations.]
(2) Were (any) PBM's ever disassembled and shipped by rail to California, for deployment to the Pacific Theater c.1944?
[My Dad was a non-pilot Navigator in PBM-3's, assigned to U.S. Navy squadron VPB-19 in 1944-1945. The squadron was formed in Alameda, CA; and then flew their planes to Hawaii, and then on to theri assigned mission locations.]