Because the performance of the float-equipped Beta Volantis was less than hoped for, the Barataria Aeronautical Corporation began development of a more seaworthy aircraft in 1937--a flying boat instead of a float plane.

Earlier the Wotanberger Overseas Airways Company [WOAC] had permitted the Barataria design team an opportunity to study its newly acquired pre-production Grumman Goose--which later was to become known as "Cutter's Goose". Inspired perhaps by that aircraft, Barataria's design team came up with the plans for the Barataria Booby in late 1937.*

Although critics have claimed that the Booby was merely a copy of the famous Goose, the contemporary line drawing above of the Booby shows two of the many obvious differences between the two aircraft. First, note that the Booby's rear door is on the starboard side of the aircraft and not the port side like the Goose. Second, note that there is no retractable landing gear on the Booby. Although this required use of a specially designed detachable undercarriage to bring the Booby on land, it did not detract significantly from the utility of the aircraft.

A photograph taken at the factory in 1939 confirms these differences between the well-known Goose and the Booby: 

One pair of Boobies was sold to the Wotanberger Overseas Airways Company in 1940 for use in the Seiber Islands. Here is a photograph of one of these Boobies with its WOAC crew before it was repainted in standard WOAC "livery":

 

With the special consent of the U.S. government, another pair of Boobies were sold to the Ichiban Shipping Company in late 1940.** Here is a photograph of one of these aircraft upon its arrival at St. Hubert in the Seiber Islands. 

In late 1941, at the request of the Grand Duchy of Wotanberg, a special version of the Booby was designed and built to assist the crews of the "High Speed Fishing Boats" which had been supplied to the Seiber Island Colonial Administration. 

One of the most important features of the Booby 2 was the two plexiglass "bubbles" which enhanced surveillance of possible fishing areas to facilitate the efficient deployment of the "High Speed Fishing Boats" produced by the Barataria Nautical Corporation. Other features included the ability to carry and deploy pyrotechnics to assist in the identification of targets for the "fishermen" on the "High Speed Fishing Boats".

One pair of these special Boobies was sold to the Grand Duchy. Fortuitously, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, these Boobies were easily converted into effective naval aircraft, and were credited with the destruction of at least 10 Japanese vessels. Unfortunately, neither of these Boobies survived the war.

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* (1) The Corporation denies that the Booby was merely a cheap copy of the more famous Grumman Goose. Although the Booby was named after a weapon like the Goose, the Corporation notes that there are significant differences between the two aircraft, for example the main door is on the starboard side of the aircraft instead of the port side like the Goose. The Corporation also states that it is merely coincidental that its development of the Booby began shortly after the reported disappearance of a complete set of plans for the Goose.
(2) The Corporation also denies that the Boobies were part of a covert U.S. government operation to secretly transfer real Geese to various fronts for American and friendly foreign intelligence agencies. It specifically denies that it merely acted as a conduit for these transfers, making only some minor, mostly cosmetic, modifications to Geese prior to "selling" them as Boobies.

** These two Ichiban Boobies figured prominently not only in the defense of the Seiber Islands during World War Two but in the economic recovery of the entire region after the war. Although the American television series "Tales of the Gold Monkey" focussed on Jake Cutter and his airplane, Princess Koji's Ichiban Boobies were, perhaps, even more appreciated by the inhabitants of the Marivellas and the Seiber Islands than Jake Cutter's Goose.