Some 584 J2Fs were built from introduction in 1936, but this one was not delivered until 1945. After service at several different stations on the East Coast, it was transferred to NAS Norfolk for storage in 1948. In 1969 it went on show at the USMC museum at Quantico, VA, moving to Pensacola in 1974

Photographed on the beach/ramp at Commodore Seaplane Base after developing a leak in the lower compartment camera hatch while taxiing from the ramp. In 1986 this aircraft was placed on display at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, falsely painted as USAAF Rescue OA-12 48-563. Photographer unknown.

Originally built for US Navy as J2F-6 Bureau Number 33587. When I took this slide it was owned by Hart Marine, Inc. of Lafayette, LA., and used for offshore oil rig support. Although still marked as a fire tanker, all fire tanker gear had been removed in 1966. Hart owned the aircraft from 1966 - 1969. It is now on display at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio marked as a WW 2 USAAF OA-12.

NAS (NART) Oakland reserve aircraft over Concord, CA.

Grumman Duck built by Columbia Aircraft for US Navy as BuAer 33587. Civilianised in 1946. Now (2014) exhibited at the USAF Museum, Dayton OH, as an OA-12 as "8563".