Seaplane Oddities from the U.S.

[World B4]

World Aircraft Carriers List Photo Gallery: Aviation Oddities Part III

What seaplane was the avc-1 made for?

 

[Antonio]

The most probable candidate to me could be the Martin Model 170 Mars (Development contracted in 1938)

XPB2M-1 was announced on 8 November 1941

First flight: June 1942 but patrol bomber concept considered obsolete by this time.

 

[Yellow Palace]

World Aircraft Carriers List Photo Gallery: Aviation Oddities Part III

What seaplane was the avc-1 made for?

More information here:

USS Catapult Lighter AVC-1

It was designed to handle the PBM, but was largely a proof of concept for a 50% larger catapult barge for the PBB.