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| Keywords: Caroline Mars.jpg The Martin JRM-2 Caroline Mars BuNo 76824 of U S Navy transport squadron VR-2 in flight The aircraft set two records in 1948 On 28 August 1948 it landed at Chicago Illionis USA with 42 persons on board and a 6 350 kg 14 000 lb payload after a record nonstop flight from Honolulu Hawaii USA of 7 641 km 4 748 mi in 24 hours 12 minutes On 5 September 1948 it carried a cargo of 30 972 kg 68 282 lb over 628 km 390 mi from Patuxent River Maryland USA to Cleveland Ohio USA the heaviest payload ever lifted in an aircraft up to that date In 1956 it was stored at NAS Alameda California USA It was converted to civilian airtanker configuration in 1961 The aircraft was parked on its beaching gear at Victoria International Airport Sidney British Columbia Canada for maintenance with Fairey Aviation of Canada when its tie-down lines snapped during typhoon Frieda on 12 Oct 1962 The beaching gear collapsed and the aircraft was blown across the tarmac for some distance until it ran into a highway shoulder It was considered damaged beyond repair and was broken up for spares from en Wikipedia uploader en User Lommer USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy de Martin Mars pl Martin XPB2M Mars Martin JRM Mars Naval Air Station Alameda | ||||
