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    The Old Lady - serial Bu 1520. Ordered on 23 August 1938 and completed as the prototype long-range patrol XPB2M-1, it was first flown on 3 July 1942 and converted in December 1943 to transport variant and designated XPB2M-1R. Assigned initially to VR-8 (NAS Patuxent River) for crew training, it was later transferred to VR-2 (NAS Alameda) and scrapped in 1945.
    Hawaii Mars I - JRM-1 Bu. 76819 first flown on 21 July 1945 and delivered to the United States Navy. It sank on 5 August 1945 in Chesapeake Bay and was disposed as scrap.
    Philippine Mars - JRM-1 Bu. 76820, delivered to the USN on 26 June 1946 and assigned to VR-2 (NAS Alameda). Converted and re-designated JRM-3. Withdawn from service on 22 August 1956 and sold in 1959, it was converted to forest fire fighting aircraft and registered CF-LYK (later C-FLYK). The aircraft is still flying with Coulson Group at Sproat Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
    Marianas Mars - JRM-1 Bu. 76821, delivered to the USN on 26 February 1946 and assigned to VR-2 (NAS Alameda). Converted and re-designated JRM-3, it was withdrawn from service on 22 August 1956 and sold in 1959. Converted to forest fire fighting aircraft and registered CF-LYJ, the aircraft crashed into Mount Moriarty near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, on 23 June 1961, when the water drop mechanism failed, leaving the aircraft unable to climb quickly enough to clear a mountain. In the ensuing crash, the crew of four were killed.
    Marshall Mars - JRM-1 Bu. 76822, delivered to the USN, converted and re-designated JRM-3. It was destroyed by an engine fire and sank on 5 April 1950 off Diamond Head, Oahu.[10][11]
    Hawaii Mars II - JRM-1 Bu. 76823, delivered to the USN on 23 April 1946 and assigned to VR-2 (NAS Alameda). Converted and redesignated JRM-3, it was withdrawn from service on 22 August 1956 and sold in 1959. Converted to forest fire fighting aircraft and registered CF-LYL (later C-FLYL), it is still flying with Coulson Group at Sproat Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
    Caroline Mars - * JRM-2 Bu. 76824, delivered to the USN on 10 May 1948 and assigned to VR-2 (NAS Alameda). It was sold in 1959 and converted to forest fire fighting aircraft by Forest Industry Flying Tankers. Registered CF-LYM. the aircraft was destroyed during Typhoon Freda at Victoria, Canada on 12 October 1962.[9]


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