Aircraft Photo of 1714 | Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-1 Kingfisher | USA - Navy

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	1714
Military Code:	3-O-4
Aircraft Original Type:	Vought-Sikorsky V-310 OS2U Kingfisher
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vought-Sikorsky V-310 OS2U Kingfisher
Aircraft Version:	Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-1 Kingfisher
C/n (msn):	[ 1714 ]
Operator Titles:	USA - Navy
Unit Markings:	USS Mississippi / VO-3

Location
Location:	In Flight
Region / Country:	Unknown State, United States

Photo Date:	August 1940 to December 1940
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	422633

Photo Comment
Early OS2U Kingfishers of the second section of observation squadron VO-3, therefore assigned to the second ship in the 3rd Battleship Division, USS Mississippi. The division / squadron colour is blue and the second section colour is white. 3-O-4, the section leader's machine, has a white fuselage band and cowling. His first wingman, 3-O-5, has only the top half of the cowling painted white and the second wingman, 3-O-6, the bottom half. Probably brand new, these aircraft, second series BuNos 1714, 1715 and 1716, are fitted with wheels rather than floats here. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 20 December 2021, and has since been viewed 832 times.

Photo Comment

Early OS2U Kingfishers of the second section of observation squadron VO-3, therefore assigned to the second ship in the 3rd Battleship Division, USS Mississippi. The division / squadron colour is blue and the second section colour is white. 3-O-4, the section leader's machine, has a white fuselage band and cowling. His first wingman, 3-O-5, has only the top half of the cowling painted white and the second wingman, 3-O-6, the bottom half. Probably brand new, these aircraft, second series BuNos 1714, 1715 and 1716, are fitted with wheels rather than floats here. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 20 December 2021, and has since been viewed 832 times.

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