Registration / Serial:1150
Military Code:3-O-3
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss SOC Seagull
Aircraft Generic Type:Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1
Aircraft Version:Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1
C/n (msn):[ 1150 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:USS Idaho / VO-3
City / Area:Pacific Ocean / Off-Hawaii [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Hawaii, United States
Ship / Rig:USS Idaho BB42
Photo Date:September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:766577Submit Correction
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The 64 SON-1s built by the Naval Aircraft Factory were essentially Curtiss SOC-3 Seagulls. The 3-O-3 code indicates the third aircraft of the first section (red lower half of nose) of VO-3 (blue tailfin), thus assigned to the first ship in the 3rd Battleship Division, USS Idaho. See photo 422633 for more on this and note that VO-3 was converting to the OS2U Kingfisher around this time. Idaho sent to Atlantic in 1941 but returned to Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life
Registration / Serial:1150
Aircraft Version:Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1
C/n (msn):[ 1150 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Pacific Ocean / Off-Hawaii [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Hawaii, United States
Photo Date:September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:1150
Military Code:3-O-3
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss SOC Seagull
Aircraft Generic Type:Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1
Aircraft Version:Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1
C/n (msn):[ 1150 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:USS Idaho / VO-3
City / Area:Pacific Ocean / Off-Hawaii [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Hawaii, United States
Ship / Rig:USS Idaho BB42
Photo Date:September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:766577Submit Correction
View count: 179
The 64 SON-1s built by the Naval Aircraft Factory were essentially Curtiss SOC-3 Seagulls. The 3-O-3 code indicates the third aircraft of the first section (red lower half of nose) of VO-3 (blue tailfin), thus assigned to the first ship in the 3rd Battleship Division, USS Idaho. See photo 422633 for more on this and note that VO-3 was converting to the OS2U Kingfisher around this time. Idaho sent to Atlantic in 1941 but returned to Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life
Registration / Serial:1150
Aircraft Version:Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1
C/n (msn):[ 1150 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Pacific Ocean / Off-Hawaii [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Hawaii, United States
Photo Date:September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive