Grumman J4F-2 (mod) Widgeon, 32976 / 1330, Pima Air & Space Museum
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Registration: 32976
Construction Number: 1330
Model Grumman J4F-2 (mod) Widgeon
Operator: Pima Air & Space Museum
Airport: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum, USA - Arizona
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 10/1992
Date Submitted: 08/07/2009
The Widgeon is effectively a scaled down version of the Grumman Goose. Used by the USAAF, USN and the USCG during World War II primarily as a light transport amphibian, some Navy J4F-1s however, were fitted with a single 200lb depth charge under the starboard wing. This effort paid off on 1 August 1942 when a J4F-1 sank a German U-Boat in the Gulf of Mexico. This particular Widgeon was used to test a half scale replica hull design for the Martin XP5M flying boat. She is displayed at Pima in the markings of NACA, Langley Field, Virginia, circa 1948.
Picture ID:1182010