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Image Gallery - On The Water
OS2U Kingfisher being recovered by the U.S.S. Arizona, September 6, 1941.
[Source: U.S. Navy]
OS2U Kingfisher making a water landing at NAS Jacksonville, FL, circa 1943.
[Source: Mark Allen Collection]
A trio of OS2U Kingfisher taxiing.
[Source: Mark Allen Collection]
Downed American airmen near Truk await rescue on the wings of an OS2U Kingfisher. A U.S. Navy Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane, from the battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55) off Truk with nine aviators on board, awaiting rescue by USS Tang (SS-306), 1 May 1944. The plane had landed inside Truk lagoon to recover downed airmen. Unable to take off with such a load, it then taxiied out to Tang, which was serving as lifeguard submarine during the 29 April-1 May carrier strikes on Truk. Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-227991.
[Source: U.S. Navy]
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