Curtiss HS-2L Flying Boat

This a model of the single-engine float plane, developed by the US Navy as a patrol plane during the First World War. Large numbers were built from 1917 to 1919, with the type being used to carry out anti-submarine patrols from bases in France from June 1918. It remained in use with the US Navy until 1928, and was also widely used as a civil passenger and utility aircraft