U.S. Coast Guard Takes Delivery Of The J2F-6 Duck

June 9, 1945 The OA-12 "Duck" is the U.S. Air Force version of the Navy J2F-6 amphibian. It was derived from the XJF-1, a Grumman amphibian that flew for the first time in May 1933. Later, Grumman built a variety of JF- and J2F- series aircraft that were used primarily by the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, before and during World War II. The Grumman-designed J2F-6 Duck was built by the Columbia Aircraft Corp., of Valley Stream, New York, aswere all J2F-6s.