The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marines used the Model
18 extensively. The first U.S. Army Air Corps order was placed in
1940, and the last of more than 7,000 civilian and military versions
of the Model 18 series was built in 1969. This ex-Navy example has
seen better days.
This photo wast taken in the mis-1960s at the airport in Morgantown, West Virginia.