In August 1942, flying out of Louisiana this Widgeon attacked and damaged submarine U-171. It was registered to the US Department of Interior as N743 in 1948 and was sold to Kodiak Airways in Alaska becoming N2770A in 1956. In 1959 it crashed and sank but was retrieved. By now in private hands, in 1966 it was substantially damaged in a wheels-up landing at Seldovia, AK. Further ownership changes saw it registered N324BC in 1973 and N212ST in 1980. Acquired by the NAM in 1984

Sold in the civil market as NC68361 in 1946. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Preserved in the NMNA. Sold by USCG postwar, flying with four civil registrations, latterly N212ST. before repurchase by the museum for exhibition in early WW2 markings.

In Navy and Coast Guard service the Widgeon flew utility, SAR and antisubmarine missions. On 1st August 1942 in the Gulf of Mexico this aircraft attacked and damaged the German submarine U-171. Now on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola.