The Columbia Aircraft Corp of Valley Stream, NY, built the Grumman-designed J2F-6 Duck on display. Delivered to the US Coast Guard as BuNo 33587 in June1945, it became surplus in 1946 and was sold off for $1500 as NC67790. It had a series of civilian owners and in the early 1960s was converted to a fire tanker with a 300 gallon water tank, going on to be used for offshore rig support in the late 1960s. Obtained from Kermit Weeks in 1985, it is now painted to represent one of the rescue OA-12s the USAF acquired in 1948. The real 48-563 was restored in Alaska and flew again as N8563F in 2007

This Duck served previously with the US Coast Guard as 33587. After being SOC in 1946 she passed through a series of ciivilian owners and appeared in various films, including 'Murphy's War', before retiring to the National Museum of the USAF where she is on display as a circa late-1940s USAF rescue OA-12 48-563. Ex N67790.