| Date: | Sunday 5 August 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Martin JRM-1 Mars |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 76819 |
| MSN: | 9263 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350-24WA Cyclone |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chesapeake Bay, MD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Martin Mars flying boat, named Hawaii Mars, was on a routine test flight when the upper section of the vertical tail fin broke away. It was flying over Chesapeake Bay at 6000 ft at that time. Control problems forced the crew to carry out an emergency landing in the bay. The hull was breached and the flying boat sank about 500 yards off shore.
Sources:
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Aug 6, 1945
Old Wings - Martin JRM-3 Mars Air Tankers
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