The very versatile J2F Duck was used first and foremost as an air-sea rescue aircraft. In the world of Mother Nature, the feathery ducks aren’t very intimidating animals. That notwithstanding, ...

On Nov. 29, 1942, Lt. John Pritchard and Radio-Man First Class Benjamin Bottoms were flying a Grumman J2F Duck, a single-engine amphibious biplane, to rescue the crew of an Army Air Corps C-17 ...

Tags: Duck, Grumman, J2F-6, Plane, and Water Plane. Mighty Duck: This Weird Craft is America’s First Amphibious Biplane. November 22, 2020. By: Peter Suciu. Share. Share this link on Facebook ...

“Locating the J2F-4 Grumman Duck was a monumental success,” said Cmdr. Jim Blow, from the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Aviation Forces. “Collectively, ...

Five days later, a Grumman J2F-4 Duck from the Coast Guard cutter Northland hove to in a bay on the southeast coast of Greenland, found the crew’s trail, trod by snowshoes they’d fabricated ...