Comments on: Flightdeck Friday – Flying Boats http://steeljawscribe.com/2006/12/29/flightdeck-friday-flying-boats Looking for clues at the scene of the crime Mon, 14 May 2012 13:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Les Taylor http://steeljawscribe.com/2006/12/29/flightdeck-friday-flying-boats/comment-page-1#comment-4552 Les Taylor Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:36:33 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2006/12/29/flightdeck-friday-flying-boats/#comment-4552 My dad, Leslie Eugene Taylor, was a radioman on the Marshall Mars when it went down off Hawaii in, I believe, 1950. My dad, Leslie Eugene Taylor, was a radioman on the Marshall Mars when it went down off Hawaii in, I believe, 1950.

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]]> By: D. H. Clinton http://steeljawscribe.com/2006/12/29/flightdeck-friday-flying-boats/comment-page-1#comment-3970 D. H. Clinton Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:04:09 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2006/12/29/flightdeck-friday-flying-boats/#comment-3970 While serving in the US Navy at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan from Octobert, 1945 - June '46, I had the pleasure of keeping close company to the HAWAII MARS. My duty was skipper of Crash Boat, CB-1 and we cleared the water for all landings and take-offs of the flying boats. It was a thrill to see the huge plane up close. I was only 18 then. While serving in the US Navy at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan from Octobert, 1945 – June ’46, I had the pleasure of keeping close company to the HAWAII MARS. My duty was skipper of Crash Boat, CB-1 and we cleared the water for all landings and take-offs of the flying boats. It was a thrill to see the huge plane up close. I was only 18 then.

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