The "Owl" was designed for the Army Air Corps as an observation aircraft in 1939. There were 203 built but were used for training and costal patrol duties.
Built in Nov, 1944 entered service with the Army Air Corps 3/13/1945. Served in Pacific Theater to end of WWII. After war used for photo air mapping, air sea rescue, as a drone in Operation Greenhouse Nuclear tests, and for forest fire fightig