File:OS2Us from USS Mississippi (BB-41) with landing gear c1940.jpg

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Description Three U.S. Navy Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes (OS2U-1 BuNo 1714 an 1715 in front) from Observation Squadron VO-3, assigned to the battleship USS Mississippi (BB-41), in flight before the Second World War. The OS2U could be fitted with a conventional landing gear or with floats.
Date circa 1939
date QS:P,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source can from Robert L. Lawson (ed.): The History of US Naval Air Power. The Military Press, New York (USA), 1985. ISBN 0-517-414813, p. 37. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2011.003.196.005 (b/w); Official U.S. Navy photo NH 70214 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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