No. 524 Squadron was a Royal Air Force Coastal Command aircraft squadron that operated during the Second World War.
A 524 Sqn. Mariner I at Oban, Scotland, (October 1943)
The Martin PBM Mariner is a twin-engine American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the first example flying on February 18, 1939, and the type entering service in September 1940, with the last of the type being retired in 1964.
Martin PBM Mariner
A transport Mariner takes off in 1942
A U.S. Navy PBM-1 of Patrol Squadron 56 (VP-56) in 1940.
A PBM-5 on the deck of USS Norton Sound in April 1945 off Saipan