The
Glenn Martin was an aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
missions. It was powered by two 1200hp radial engines and had a crew
of two or three men.
It
had a wingspan of 18.70 metres a length of 14.22 metres and a height
of 4.57 metres. It flew for the first time on 14th March
1939
On 27th September 1946 in calm weather a twin engined aircraft victim of a mirage effect hit the water at full speed. The pilot was thrown out of the plane and later recovered dead by a boat. It was a Glenn Martin 167. She bounced on the water and sank between Hyères and Toulon off Pointe Sainte Marguerite. Three people died.
The
Wreck was later moved towards Carqueiranne and is now on a flat seabed at a
depth of 45 metres.