The wreckage and survivors of the 30 December 1946 crash of a United States Navy Martin PBM-5 <i>Mariner</i> (BuNo 59098, callsign "George 1") on Thurston Island, Antarctica, photographed from another U.S. Navy PBM <i>Mariner</i> during search and rescue operations on 11 January 1947. Both aircraft were stationed aboard the seaplane tender USS <i>Pine Island</i> (AV-12).<br>
Barely visible is the writing on the right wing "LOPEZ HENDERSIN WILLIAMS DEAD".
U.S. Navy
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