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.

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".