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Grumman J2F Duck

December 15, 2023

The Grumman J2F Duck (company designation G-15) is an American single-engine amphibious biplane. It was used by each major branch of the U.S. armed forces from the mid-1930s until just after World War II, primarily for utility and air-sea rescue duties. It was also used by the Argentine Navy, who took delivery of their first example in 1937. After the war, J2F Ducks saw service with independent civilian operators, as well as the armed forces of Colombia and Mexico.

J2F Duck
Grumman J2F-6 Duck "Candy Clipper" BuNo 33549 / civil reg N1214N
Role Utility amphibian
National origin United States
Manufacturer Grumman
Columbia Aircraft Corp
First flight 2 April 1936
Introduction 1936
Primary users United States Navy
United States Army Air Forces
United States Coast Guard
United States Marine Corps
Number built 584
Developed from Grumman JF Duck

The J2F was an improved version of the earlier JF Duck, the main differences being a longer float and a more-powerful engine (900 horsepower versus 775).[1]

Development edit

The J2F-1 Duck first flew on 2 April 1936, powered by a 750 hp (559 kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone, and was delivered to the U.S. Navy on the same day. The J2F-2 had an uprated Wright Cyclone engine of 790 hp (589 kW). Twenty J2F-3 variants were built in 1939 for use by the Navy as executive transports with plush interiors. Due to pressure of work following the United States entry into the war in 1941, production of the J2F Duck was transferred to the Columbia Aircraft Corp of New York. They produced 330 aircraft for the Navy and U.S. Coast Guard.[2] If standard Navy nomenclature practice had been followed, these would have been designated JL-1s, but it was not, and all Columbia-produced airframes were delivered as J2F-6s.[3]

Several surplus Navy Ducks were converted for use by the United States Air Force in the air-sea rescue role as the OA-12 in 1948.

Design edit

The J2F was an equal-span single-bay biplane with a large monocoque central float which also housed the retractable main landing gear, a similar design to the Leroy Grumman-designed landing gear first used for Grover Loening's early amphibious biplane designs, and later adopted for the Grumman FF fighter biplane. The aircraft had strut-mounted stabilizer floats beneath each lower wing. A crew of two or three were carried in tandem cockpits, forward for the pilot and rear for an observer with room for a radio operator if required. It had a cabin in the fuselage for two passengers or a stretcher.

The Duck's main pontoon was blended into the fuselage, making it almost a flying boat despite its similarity to a conventional landplane which has been float-equipped. This configuration was shared with the earlier Loening OL, Grumman having acquired the rights to Loening's hull, float, and undercarriage designs.[4] Like the F4F Wildcat, its narrow-tracked landing gear was hand-cranked.

Operational history edit

The J2F was used by the U.S. Navy, Marines, Army Air Forces, and Coast Guard. Apart from general utility and light transport duties, its missions included mapping, scouting/observation, anti-submarine patrol, air-sea rescue work, photographic surveys, reconnaissance, and target tug.

J2Fs of the utility squadron of US Patrol Wing 10 were destroyed at Mariveles Naval Section Base, Philippines, by a Japanese air raid on 5 January 1942.[5] The only Duck to survive the attack had a dead engine but had been concealed at Cabcaben airfield during the Battle of Bataan, to be repaired afterwards with a cylinder removed from a destroyed J2F-4 submerged in Manila Bay. Following repairs the J2F-4 departed after midnight on 9 April 1942, overloaded with five passengers and the pilot, Roland J. Barnek, becoming the last aircraft to depart Bataan before the surrender of the Bataan to the Japanese only hours later. Among its passengers was Carlos P. Romulo (diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist, and author), who recounted the flight in his 1942 best-selling book I Saw the Fall of the Philippines (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York 1943, pp. 288–303), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence.[6][7]

Variants edit

 
J2F-3 at NAS Jacksonville in 1940
 
J2F-6 painted as an OA-12 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
J2F-1
Initial production version with 750 hp R-1820-20 engines, 29 built.
J2F-2
United States Marine Corps version with nose and dorsal guns and underwing bomb racks, 21 built.
J2F-2A
As J2F-2 with minor changes for use in the United States Virgin Islands, nine built.
J2F-3
J2F-2 but powered by an 850 hp R-1820-26 engine, 20 built.
J2F-4
J2F-2 but powered by an 850 hp R-1820-30 engine and fitted with target towing equipment, 32 built.
J2F-5
J2F-2 but powered by a 1,050 hp R-1820-54 engine, 144 built.
J2F-6
Columbia Aircraft built version of the J2F-5 with a 1,050 hp R-1820-64 engine in a long-chord cowling, fitted with underwing bomb racks and provision for target towing gear; 330 built.
OA-12
Air-sea rescue conversion for the United States Army Air Forces (and later United States Air Force, OA-12A).

Operators edit

  Argentina
  • Argentine Naval Aviation[8] received four new-build Grumman G-15s (equivalent to J2F-4s) in 1939, to supplement the eight Grumman G-20s (export version of the Grumman JF-2) received in 1937.[9] In 1946–1947, 32 ex-US Navy Ducks (consisting of one J2F-4, 24 J2F-5s, and 7 J2F-6s) were acquired,[10] with the last examples remaining in use until 1958.[11]
  Colombia
  Mexico
 
Columbia J2F-6 Duck in U.S. Marine Corps markings at the Planes of Fame Museum
  Peru
  United States

Surviving aircraft edit

 
Grumman J2F-6 Duck owned by Fantasy of Flight

Specifications (J2F-6) edit

 
3-view line drawing of the Grumman J2F Duck

Data from Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II[31]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 2 survivors / passengers
  • Length: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
  • Wingspan: 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
  • Height: 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
  • Wing area: 409 sq ft (38.0 m2)
  • Airfoil: Clark CHY[32]
  • Empty weight: 5,480 lb (2,486 kg)
  • Gross weight: 7,700 lb (3,493 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820-54 Cyclone 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 900 hp (670 kW)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 190 mph (310 km/h, 170 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 155 mph (249 km/h, 135 kn)
  • Stall speed: 70 mph (110 km/h, 61 kn)
  • Range: 780 mi (1,260 km, 680 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)

Armament

  • Guns: 1 × Browning .30 cal machine gun (7.62 mm) on flexible mount in rear cockpit
  • Bombs: 2× 100 lb (45 kg) bombs or 325 lb (147 kg) depth charges underwing

Popular culture edit

  • A J2F Duck was used in the 1971 film Murphy's War, which includes a spectacular three-minute rough water takeoff scene along with numerous flying and aerobatic sequences. The actual airplane used in this film is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton, Ohio, although it has been restored and painted to represent a rescue OA-12.[citation needed]
  • A Grumman Duck was also seen in several episodes of the 1970s TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep, (aka Black Sheep Squadron) based on the activities of Marine fighter squadron VMF-214.

See also edit

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

Notes edit

  1. ^ Allen 1983, p. 49.
  2. ^ Jordan, Corey C. "Grumman's Ascendency: Chapter Two." 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Planes and Pilots Of World War Two, 2000. Retrieved: 22 July 2011.
  3. ^ Swanborough, Gordon, and Bowers, Peter M., "United States Navy Aircraft since 1911", Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1976, Library of Congress card number 90-60097, ISBN 0-87021-792-5, page 221.
  4. ^ Allen 1983, p. 47.
  5. ^ Alsleben, Allan. "US Patrol Wing 10 in the Dutch East Indies, 1942." Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942, 2000. Retrieved: 22 July 2011.
  6. ^ Whitman, John (1990). Bataan: Our Last Ditch. New York: Hippocrene Books. pp. 575–576. ISBN 0870528777.
  7. ^ Romulo, Carlos (1946). I Saw the Fall of the Philippines. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. pp. 288–317.
  8. ^ Nuñez Padin, 2002
  9. ^ Lezon and Stitt 2003, pp. 41–42, 44–45
  10. ^ Lezon and Stitt 2004, pp. 48–49.
  11. ^ Lezon and Stitt 2004, p. 59.
  12. ^ Allen 1983, p.77
  13. ^ Allen 1983, p. 52.
  14. ^ "Grumman J2F Duck". Mid America Flight Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-4 Duck, s/n 1649 USN, c/n 536, c/r N63850". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  16. ^ "1945 Grumman Duck". Fantasy of Flight. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-6 Duck, s/n 33549 USN, c/n 33549, c/r N1214N". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  18. ^ "FAA Registry [N1214N]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  19. ^ "J2F-6 Duck". Erickson Aircraft Collection. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-6 Duck, s/n 33559 USN, c/r N3960C". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  21. ^ "FAA Registry [N3960C]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  22. ^ . National Naval Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-6 Duck, s/n 33581 USN". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Grumman OA-12 Duck". National Museum of the United States Air Force. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  25. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-6 Duck, s/n 33587 USCG, c/r N67790". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  26. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-6 Duck, s/n 33594 USN, c/r N5SF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  27. ^ "FAA Registry [N5SF]". Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  28. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-6 Duck, s/n 33614 USN, c/r N5855S". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  29. ^ "1944 Grumman (Columbia) J2F-6 Duck - N1196N". EAA. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  30. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman OA-12 Duck, s/n 48-0563 USAAF, c/n 32769, c/r N8563F". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  31. ^ Bridgeman 1946, pp. 235–236.
  32. ^ Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

References edit

  • Allen, Francis J. "A Duck Without Feathers". Air Enthusiast. Issue 23, December 1983 – March 1984, pp. 46–55, 77–78.
  • Bridgeman, Leonard. “ The Grumman Duck .” Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
  • Hosek, Timothy. Grumman JF Duck – Mini in Action 7. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-89747-366-3.
  • Jarski, Adam. Grumman JF/J2F Duck (Monografie Lotnicze 98) (in Polish with English captions). Gdańsk, Poland: AJ-Press, 2007. ISBN 978-83-7237-169-0.
  • L, Klemen (2000). "Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942".
  • Lezon, Ricardo Martin and Robert M. Stitt. "Eyes of the Fleet:Seaplanes in Argentine Navy Service: Part one". Air Enthusiast. Issue 108, November/December 2003. pp. 34–45.
  • Lezon, Ricardo Martin and Robert M. Stitt. "Eyes of the Fleet:Seaplanes in Argentine Navy Service: Part two". Air Enthusiast. Issue 10, January/February 2004. pp. 46–59.
  • McCallum, LeRoy M. (1984). "Talkback". Air Enthusiast. No. 25. p. 79. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • Nuñez Padin, Jorge Félix. Grumman G.15, G.20 & J2F Duck (Serie Aeronaval Nro. 15) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Museo de Aviación Naval, Instituto Naval, 2002.
  • Zuckoff, Mitchell (2013). Frozen in Time. New York, New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-213343-4.

Further reading edit

  • Ginter, Steve (2009). Grumman JF/J2F Duck. Naval Fighters. Vol. Nº84 (First ed.). California, United States: Ginter Books. ISBN 978-0-942612-84-4. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grumman J2F Duck.
  • (1945) NAVAER 01-220QA-1 Pilot's Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions Navy Model J2F-6 Airplane[permanent dead link]
  • Histarmar website, Grumman J2F5/6 page (retrieved 2015-01-31)
  • Histarmar website, Grumman G-15/20 page (retrieved 2015-01-31)

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The Grumman J2F Duck company designation G 15 is an American single engine amphibious biplane It was used by each major branch of the U S armed forces from the mid 1930s until just after World War II primarily for utility and air sea rescue duties It was also used by the Argentine Navy who took delivery of their first example in 1937 After the war J2F Ducks saw service with independent civilian operators as well as the armed forces of Colombia and Mexico J2F DuckGrumman J2F 6 Duck Candy Clipper BuNo 33549 civil reg N1214NRole Utility amphibianNational origin United StatesManufacturer GrummanColumbia Aircraft CorpFirst flight 2 April 1936Introduction 1936Primary users United States NavyUnited States Army Air Forces United States Coast Guard United States Marine CorpsNumber built 584Developed from Grumman JF DuckThe J2F was an improved version of the earlier JF Duck the main differences being a longer float and a more powerful engine 900 horsepower versus 775 1 Contents 1 Development 2 Design 3 Operational history 4 Variants 5 Operators 6 Surviving aircraft 7 Specifications J2F 6 8 Popular culture 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 11 1 Further reading 12 External linksDevelopment editThe J2F 1 Duck first flew on 2 April 1936 powered by a 750 hp 559 kW Wright R 1820 Cyclone and was delivered to the U S Navy on the same day The J2F 2 had an uprated Wright Cyclone engine of 790 hp 589 kW Twenty J2F 3 variants were built in 1939 for use by the Navy as executive transports with plush interiors Due to pressure of work following the United States entry into the war in 1941 production of the J2F Duck was transferred to the Columbia Aircraft Corp of New York They produced 330 aircraft for the Navy and U S Coast Guard 2 If standard Navy nomenclature practice had been followed these would have been designated JL 1s but it was not and all Columbia produced airframes were delivered as J2F 6s 3 Several surplus Navy Ducks were converted for use by the United States Air Force in the air sea rescue role as the OA 12 in 1948 Design editThe J2F was an equal span single bay biplane with a large monocoque central float which also housed the retractable main landing gear a similar design to the Leroy Grumman designed landing gear first used for Grover Loening s early amphibious biplane designs and later adopted for the Grumman FF fighter biplane The aircraft had strut mounted stabilizer floats beneath each lower wing A crew of two or three were carried in tandem cockpits forward for the pilot and rear for an observer with room for a radio operator if required It had a cabin in the fuselage for two passengers or a stretcher The Duck s main pontoon was blended into the fuselage making it almost a flying boat despite its similarity to a conventional landplane which has been float equipped This configuration was shared with the earlier Loening OL Grumman having acquired the rights to Loening s hull float and undercarriage designs 4 Like the F4F Wildcat its narrow tracked landing gear was hand cranked Operational history editThe J2F was used by the U S Navy Marines Army Air Forces and Coast Guard Apart from general utility and light transport duties its missions included mapping scouting observation anti submarine patrol air sea rescue work photographic surveys reconnaissance and target tug J2Fs of the utility squadron of US Patrol Wing 10 were destroyed at Mariveles Naval Section Base Philippines by a Japanese air raid on 5 January 1942 5 The only Duck to survive the attack had a dead engine but had been concealed at Cabcaben airfield during the Battle of Bataan to be repaired afterwards with a cylinder removed from a destroyed J2F 4 submerged in Manila Bay Following repairs the J2F 4 departed after midnight on 9 April 1942 overloaded with five passengers and the pilot Roland J Barnek becoming the last aircraft to depart Bataan before the surrender of the Bataan to the Japanese only hours later Among its passengers was Carlos P Romulo diplomat politician soldier journalist and author who recounted the flight in his 1942 best selling book I Saw the Fall of the Philippines Doubleday Doran amp Company Inc Garden City New York 1943 pp 288 303 for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence 6 7 Variants edit nbsp J2F 3 at NAS Jacksonville in 1940 nbsp J2F 6 painted as an OA 12 at the National Museum of the United States Air ForceJ2F 1 Initial production version with 750 hp R 1820 20 engines 29 built J2F 2 United States Marine Corps version with nose and dorsal guns and underwing bomb racks 21 built J2F 2A As J2F 2 with minor changes for use in the United States Virgin Islands nine built J2F 3 J2F 2 but powered by an 850 hp R 1820 26 engine 20 built J2F 4 J2F 2 but powered by an 850 hp R 1820 30 engine and fitted with target towing equipment 32 built J2F 5 J2F 2 but powered by a 1 050 hp R 1820 54 engine 144 built J2F 6 Columbia Aircraft built version of the J2F 5 with a 1 050 hp R 1820 64 engine in a long chord cowling fitted with underwing bomb racks and provision for target towing gear 330 built OA 12 Air sea rescue conversion for the United States Army Air Forces and later United States Air Force OA 12A Operators edit nbsp ArgentinaArgentine Naval Aviation 8 received four new build Grumman G 15s equivalent to J2F 4s in 1939 to supplement the eight Grumman G 20s export version of the Grumman JF 2 received in 1937 9 In 1946 1947 32 ex US Navy Ducks consisting of one J2F 4 24 J2F 5s and 7 J2F 6s were acquired 10 with the last examples remaining in use until 1958 11 nbsp ColombiaColombian Navy 12 operated three examples from 1948 nbsp MexicoMexican Navy operated three ex U S Navy J2F 6s from 1950 to 1951 13 nbsp Columbia J2F 6 Duck in U S Marine Corps markings at the Planes of Fame Museum nbsp PeruPeruvian Navy operated one ex USN example from 1961 to 1964 nbsp United StatesUnited States Army Air Forces United States Coast Guard United States Marine Corps United States NavySurviving aircraft edit nbsp Grumman J2F 6 Duck owned by Fantasy of Flight1649 J2F 4 airworthy with the Mid America Flight Museum in Mount Pleasant Texas 14 15 33549 J2F 6 airworthy at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City Florida 16 17 18 33559 J2F 6 airworthy at the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras Oregon 19 20 21 33581 J2F 6 on static display at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola Florida 22 23 33587 J2F 6 on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton Ohio 24 25 33594 J2F 6 airworthy with Comanche Warbirds Inc in Houston Texas 26 27 33614 J2F 6 under restoration to airworthy for Fantasy of Flight in Polk City Florida 28 36976 J2F 6 on static display at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin 29 48 0563 OA 12 in storage with the Skyfire Corporation in Wilmington Delaware 30 Specifications J2F 6 edit nbsp 3 view line drawing of the Grumman J2F DuckData from Jane s Fighting Aircraft of World War II 31 General characteristicsCrew 2 Capacity 2 survivors passengers Length 34 ft 0 in 10 36 m Wingspan 39 ft 0 in 11 89 m Height 13 ft 11 in 4 24 m Wing area 409 sq ft 38 0 m2 Airfoil Clark CHY 32 Empty weight 5 480 lb 2 486 kg Gross weight 7 700 lb 3 493 kg Powerplant 1 Wright R 1820 54 Cyclone 9 cylinder air cooled radial piston engine 900 hp 670 kW Propellers 3 bladed constant speed propellerPerformance Maximum speed 190 mph 310 km h 170 kn Cruise speed 155 mph 249 km h 135 kn Stall speed 70 mph 110 km h 61 kn Range 780 mi 1 260 km 680 nmi Service ceiling 20 000 ft 6 100 m Armament Guns 1 Browning 30 cal machine gun 7 62 mm on flexible mount in rear cockpit Bombs 2 100 lb 45 kg bombs or 325 lb 147 kg depth charges underwingPopular culture editA J2F Duck was used in the 1971 film Murphy s War which includes a spectacular three minute rough water takeoff scene along with numerous flying and aerobatic sequences The actual airplane used in this film is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton Ohio although it has been restored and painted to represent a rescue OA 12 citation needed A Grumman Duck was also seen in several episodes of the 1970s TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep aka Black Sheep Squadron based on the activities of Marine fighter squadron VMF 214 See also editRelated development Grumman JF Duck Columbia XJLAircraft of comparable role configuration and era Loening OL Bellanca XSOERelated lists List of aircraft of World War IINotes edit Allen 1983 p 49 Jordan Corey C Grumman s Ascendency Chapter Two Archived 2012 03 25 at the Wayback Machine Planes and Pilots Of World War Two 2000 Retrieved 22 July 2011 Swanborough Gordon and Bowers Peter M United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 Naval Institute Press Annapolis Maryland 1976 Library of Congress card number 90 60097 ISBN 0 87021 792 5 page 221 Allen 1983 p 47 Alsleben Allan US Patrol Wing 10 in the Dutch East Indies 1942 Forgotten Campaign The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941 1942 2000 Retrieved 22 July 2011 Whitman John 1990 Bataan Our Last Ditch New York Hippocrene Books pp 575 576 ISBN 0870528777 Romulo Carlos 1946 I Saw the Fall of the Philippines Garden City Doubleday amp Company Inc pp 288 317 Nunez Padin 2002 Lezon and Stitt 2003 pp 41 42 44 45 Lezon and Stitt 2004 pp 48 49 Lezon and Stitt 2004 p 59 Allen 1983 p 77 Allen 1983 p 52 Grumman J2F Duck Mid America Flight Museum Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman J2F 4 Duck s n 1649 USN c n 536 c r N63850 Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 1945 Grumman Duck Fantasy of Flight 18 September 2013 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman J2F 6 Duck s n 33549 USN c n 33549 c r N1214N Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 FAA Registry N1214N Federal Aviation Administration U S Department of Transportation Retrieved 4 May 2021 J2F 6 Duck Erickson Aircraft Collection Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman J2F 6 Duck s n 33559 USN c r N3960C Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 FAA Registry N3960C Federal Aviation Administration U S Department of Transportation Retrieved 4 May 2021 J2F Duck National Naval Aviation Museum Archived from the original on 1 August 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman J2F 6 Duck s n 33581 USN Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 Grumman OA 12 Duck National Museum of the United States Air Force 28 May 2015 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman J2F 6 Duck s n 33587 USCG c r N67790 Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman J2F 6 Duck s n 33594 USN c r N5SF Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 FAA Registry N5SF Federal Aviation Administration U S Department of Transportation Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman J2F 6 Duck s n 33614 USN c r N5855S Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 1944 Grumman Columbia J2F 6 Duck N1196N EAA Retrieved 4 May 2021 Airframe Dossier Grumman OA 12 Duck s n 48 0563 USAAF c n 32769 c r N8563F Aerial Visuals Retrieved 4 May 2021 Bridgeman 1946 pp 235 236 Lednicer David The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage m selig ae illinois edu Retrieved 16 April 2019 References editAllen Francis J A Duck Without Feathers Air Enthusiast Issue 23 December 1983 March 1984 pp 46 55 77 78 Bridgeman Leonard The Grumman Duck Jane s Fighting Aircraft of World War II London Studio 1946 ISBN 1 85170 493 0 Hosek Timothy Grumman JF Duck Mini in Action 7 Carrollton Texas Squadron Signal Publications Inc 1996 ISBN 0 89747 366 3 Jarski Adam Grumman JF J2F Duck Monografie Lotnicze 98 in Polish with English captions Gdansk Poland AJ Press 2007 ISBN 978 83 7237 169 0 L Klemen 2000 Forgotten Campaign The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941 1942 Lezon Ricardo Martin and Robert M Stitt Eyes of the Fleet Seaplanes in Argentine Navy Service Part one Air Enthusiast Issue 108 November December 2003 pp 34 45 Lezon Ricardo Martin and Robert M Stitt Eyes of the Fleet Seaplanes in Argentine Navy Service Part two Air Enthusiast Issue 10 January February 2004 pp 46 59 McCallum LeRoy M 1984 Talkback Air Enthusiast No 25 p 79 ISSN 0143 5450 Nunez Padin Jorge Felix Grumman G 15 G 20 amp J2F Duck Serie Aeronaval Nro 15 in Spanish Buenos Aires Argentina Museo de Aviacion Naval Instituto Naval 2002 Zuckoff Mitchell 2013 Frozen in Time New York New York HarperCollins ISBN 978 0 06 213343 4 Further reading edit Ginter Steve 2009 Grumman JF J2F Duck Naval Fighters Vol Nº84 First ed California United States Ginter Books ISBN 978 0 942612 84 4 Retrieved 31 January 2015 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grumman J2F Duck 1945 NAVAER 01 220QA 1 Pilot s Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions Navy Model J2F 6 Airplane permanent dead link Histarmar website Grumman J2F5 6 page retrieved 2015 01 31 Histarmar website Grumman G 15 20 page retrieved 2015 01 31 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grumman J2F Duck amp oldid 1182715185, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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