Kingfisher by Buffalo1

Photography • Aviation • posted on Mar 29, 2006

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Not as glamorous an airplane (or photo) as "Mustang Morning." However the lesser known planes of WWII also have their place. The Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" was launched from catapults on US Navy battleships and cruisers. They were versatile planes for scouting, directing naval gunfire, antisubmarine patrols, and search & rescue. This example is on the battleship USS Alabama moored at Mobile, Alabama.

Comments (10)

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erlandpil

12:26AM | Thu, 30 March 2006

Good picture

FuzzyShadows

12:46AM | Thu, 30 March 2006

I sure would love to see one of those luanched. I bet it's a sight to see.

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tracker234

8:45AM | Thu, 30 March 2006

These were not as "sexy" as the fighters, but did the job, and did it well. Before there was Radar, this how the Navy was able to "look over the horizon" to acomplish the mission. Great Photo. Thanks!

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Dann-O

8:53AM | Thu, 30 March 2006

Now a capture of oen just leavign the water on takoff woudl be something. These are very cool.

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jcv2

1:19PM | Thu, 30 March 2006

Wow, that certainly must have been quite a catapult! The biggest kingfisher ever LOL! Wonderful work! :)

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claudialee

5:10PM | Thu, 30 March 2006

Great picture. Not sure how missed it yesterday, must have been posted after my bedtime. (Old people are made top go to bed early for their beauty sleep. (Darn, it's not working) LOL and hugs~!!!!!

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