Served with 330 (Norwegian) Squadron out of Iceland for patrol duties. This aircraft was raised from a river where it sank in 1943. Northrop restored it to static condition and from 1980 this rare bird is part of the Gardermoen collection.
In 1979, the wreck of N-3PB 'U' of 330 Squadron (based at RAF Reykjavík, with flights at Akureyri and Budareyi) was recovered from the Þjórsá River in Iceland, were the aircraft made a forced landing on 21 April, 1943.