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dronescapesvideos · 5 months
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South Dakota battleship boarding a Vought OS2U Kingfisher seaplane. April 1943
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lonestarflight · 1 month
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Vought OS2U Kingfisher taxiing after making a water landing near Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.
Date: March 1943
United States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation: link, link
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usaac-official · 9 months
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An OS2U catapults from USS Washington (BB-56) during operations in the North Atlantic, May/June 1942
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lonestarbattleship · 11 months
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"Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft, of Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven (VCS-7) Beached at an English airfield, while VCS-7 was flying the higher-performance British Spitfire fighters to spot naval gunfire during the Normandy Landings, circa June 1944. Another SOC and a Vought OS2U are parked in the background. Squadron maintenance personnel are servicing the planes to keep them available for sea duty."
NHHC: 80-G-302116
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airmanisr · 2 years
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Navy Aircraft by Willard Womack Via Flickr: Vought OS2U on wheels, Howard NH1, Grumman JRF-5 Goose, and three Martin PBM Martiners. Taken at NAS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1943.
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carbone14 · 6 months
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Hydravion de reconnaissance maritime Vought OS2U Kingfisher – 1941
Le Vought OS2U Kingfisher fut le premier hydravion de reconnaissance maritime catapulté de la marine américaine, mis en service en août 1940.
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someguyiguess · 1 year
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I love queuing for like five minutes just to play one of the worst bombers war thunder has to offer
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rockyp77mk3 · 3 months
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US Navy OS2U Kingfisher.
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bigglesworld · 6 months
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Vought OS2U Kingfisher. Observation and Scout aircraft. Mounted on the catapult of USS Miami (CL-89). 2 March 1945.
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usafphantom2 · 5 months
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Vought OS2U Kingfisher, catapult-launched observation floatplane
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USS South Dakota retrieves an OS2U Kingfisher, April 1943
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ww2photoarchive · 1 year
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Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher floatplane flies next to USS Detroit
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lonestarflight · 1 month
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A Vought OS2U Kingfisher being loaded with a pair of yellow practice bombs, at a naval air station.
Date: early 1942
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-K-13493
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usaac-official · 10 months
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An OS2U taxis onto the landing mat behind USS Quincy (CA-71), 1944
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lonestarbattleship · 10 months
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Vought OS2U Kingfisher salvaged and fully restored and ready to be put on display aboard Battleship North Carolina memorial at Wilmington, North Carolina. "The plane was dedicated on June 25, 1971. Salvaged from Mount Buxton, Calvert Island, British Columbia, in the spring of 1964, after having been there since it crashed there on August 20, 1942. The OS2U was rebuilt by the members of the Vought Aeronautics' quarter century club."
NHHC: NH 73763
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airmanisr · 2 years
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Vought OS2U Kingfisher by Willard Womack Via Flickr: Scout Observation plane carried on Cruisers and Battleships.
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