Sikorski JRS Amphibian

U.S. Navy Sikorski JRS-1 amphibian of Utility Squadron 4 (VJ-4) undergoing maintenance, circa 1941 or early 1942. The plane’s forward fuselage is marked 4-J-10. 

 

Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibian flying boat, 1-J-1, aircraft number 1 of Utility Squadron One (VJ-1), U.S. Navy, 1938. This is the military version of the Sikorsky S-43 “Baby Clipper.”

Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibian flying boat, 1-J-1, aircraft number 1 of Utility Squadron One (VJ-1), U.S. Navy, 1938.

Sikorsky (S-43) JRS-1 (1-J-1; Bu Number 0504), circa 1940.

Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibian, 1-J-1.

Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibians parked on an airport apron next to a lake or river. The aircraft bear the squadron markings 1-J-3 and 1-J-2.

Sikorsky S-43 amphibians lined up at the Sikorsky Company plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, prior to being delivered to the U.S. Navy; 1938.

U.S. Navy Sikorsky JRS-1 of utility squadron VJ-1 in flight in the late 1930s. VJ-1 operated eight aircraft from San Diego, California.

Sikorsky JRS-1, 1-J-2, aircraft number 2 of Utility Squadron One (VJ-1), assigned to the destroyer tender USS Rigel (AD-13), circa 1940.

Sikorsky JRS-1 (00351), VJ-1, November 1940.

Sikorsky JRS-1, U.S. Navy.

Sikorsky JRS-1, U.S. Navy.

U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky JRS-1 (BuNo 1061) of Marine utility squadron VMJ-1 in flight in the late 1930s. This aircraft (c/n 4344) was destroyed by fire during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The plane marked as 1061 on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, is really c/n 4325 which saw no military service.

The Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibians were utility transport versions of the civil S-43. This is but one example of the 17 bought by the Navy and was flown at Langley in 1945 and 1946. May 10, 1945.

U.S. Navy Sikorski JRS-1 amphibian of Utility Squadron 4 (VJ-4) parked at a Naval Air Station, circa 1942-1943. The plane’s forward fuselage is marked 4-J-10. This is the same aircraft as seen in the previous photograph.