Norseman 44-70546 was shipped to Europe in March 1945 for use by the 8th Air Force. In 1947, she transferred to Norway for service with Polar Fly at Narvik, registered LN-PAB. At the time of her crash, the PAB was in service with Wideroes Flyveselskap.
LN-PAB, ex-USAAF 44-70546, crashed on 3 September 1952, when she hit the shore during landing at Lake Gavnevann, in the Finnmark province in northern Norway. The wreckage was salvaged by the Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodø, in 2002.