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	OS2U Kingfisher Info
		The Kingfisher was the U.S. Navy's first catapult-launched monoplane observation aircraft.
		The most famous incident involving a Kingfisher was the rescue of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, who ditched in the Pacific in a B-17 during 1942.
		A Kingfisher picked up Rickenbacker and two other crew members (who still remained following a rescue the previous day) but the Kingfisher could not take off because the load was too great.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /usplanes/aircraft/kingfish.htm (172 words)

	OS2U KINGFISHER
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	More information about the Vought OS2U KingFisher (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kingfishers were in the action all the way, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the "signing" on the decks of the Missouri.
		Within minutes a Kingfisher from the cruiser Columbia was on the scene, its pilot bringing the aircraft in low and straight for the wounded Avenger crewmen.
		On the way out the Kingfisher pilot must pass through the entire effective range of the guns on the beach- and it is this section of the action that you see in the painting.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Vought-Kingfisher/kingfsh_info/king_info.php (2043 words)

	OS2U Kingfisher
		The Kingfisher was designed specifically for catapult operation from battleships and cruisers.
		Based with the fleet, Kingfishers have ranged far and wide, seeing action in widely scattered war theaters.
		That rescue forced him to taxi his over- loaded aircraft K miles in a rough sea with the most seriously injured trio member sharing the back seat with Radioman L. Boutte while Rickenbacher and his otner companion were lashed to the wings.
	www.angelfire.com /oh3/pmodels/kingfish.html (407 words)

	OS2U Kingfisher Wood Model Airplane : Aviation Modelworks, Makers of Premium Quality Model Airplanes.
		The OS2U Kingfisher is a compact wing monoplane with a big central float and small establishing floats.
		The crew of OS2U Kingfisher lived differently from the Naval Aviators who were part of the full squadron.
		During the war, the Kingfisher’s most important role was to rescue downed aviators and was second only to the PBY Catalina job.
	www.aviationmodelworks.com /index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=181 (458 words)

	The-Bird-Zone.com: Os2u Kingfisher
		Kingfisher pilots assigned to the USS polar Carolina featured in two of the wildest rescue operations in the Pacific - one at Truk Atoll and the other on the shores of mainland Japan, the latter in the last days of the war.
		The Kingfisher was intended substantially to watch where the shells from Navy battleships and cruisers landed on opposition province and radio back range and elevation corrections for greater veracity.
		A Kingfisher from the cruiser Pensacola, piloted by Lt. (jg).
	www.the-bird-zone.com /Operation-Kingfisher/Os2u-Kingfisher.htm (5110 words)

	OS2U Kingfisher - Vought OS2U Kingfisher Seaplane Wood Model Airplane - $179.95 : Model Airplane Factory, Mahogany Wood ...
		The Vought Kingfisher wooden model airplane is meticulously carved and painted to reflect the true detail of the original Navy Kingfisher OS2U seaplane.
		The Vought OS2U Kingfisher was a catapult-launched, observation floatplane.
		The OS2U was the main shipboard observation aircraft used by the United States Navy during World War II and 1,519 of the aircraft were built.
	www.modelairplanefactory.com /index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=106 (250 words)

	OS2U Kingfisher Model Airplane - War Planes, Handmade Wooden Models Including Military Aircraft, Jets, Sail Boats, ...
		Our OS2U Kingfisher model aircraft is uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures.
		In 1937, the United States Navy (USN) issued a new specification for an observation-scout aircraft that was required to be a two-seater floatplane with non-folding wings and have the capability to quickly convert to a landplane.
		The Kingfisher could operate as a floatplane or landplane, and was equipped with defensive and offensive armament.
	www.warplanes.com /store/item.asp?department_id=34&item_id=513 (702 words)

	Vought OS2U Kingfisher
		The Kingfisher was designed in 1937 as a float plane to operate from the Navy's battleship fleet.
		The Kingfisher was credited with downing a Japanese Zero, sinking a German submarine, and rescuing WWII ace Eddie Rickenbacker after his B-17 crashed at sea.
		Approximately 1,500 Kingfishers were produced, with only a few examples surviving in 2005.
	flyboyart.com /props/os2u.html (73 words)

	Monogram 1/48 Vought OS2U Kingfisher
		Used to seek out the, rescue downed pilots and spot shots the Kingfisher did this job from 1939 until it was finally phased out of front line service in late 1945.
		Monograms Kingfisher has been around almost as long as I have and longer than many of the modelers that will be reading this article!.
		The instruction sheet for the resin cockpit is fairly well done and constantly warns of the delicacy of the resin parts and the need to measure twice and cut once where any cutting of the plastic parts is needed.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/builds/rm/build_mon_kingfisher.shtml (1633 words)

	Monogram 1/48 OS2U Kingfisher
		On November 11, 1942, a Kingfisher known as "The Bug" - which had survived the attack on Pearl Harbor - rescued Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and the crew of the B-17 he was with after they crashed in the Pacific and survived 28 days in life rafts.
		One of the most dramatic Kingfisher rescue missions of the entire war was flown during the second Truk strike in April, 1944, by Lt.(j.g.) John A. Burns with rear gunner ARM1 Aubrey J.
		By this time, the Kingfisher was taking on water in the main float and was listing badly due to the battering it was receiving as Burns worked to keep her off the nearby reef.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/allies/us/cleaveros2u.htm (2134 words)

	AIR AND SPACE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, FEB/MAR. 2005
		The Kingfisher's landing speed was a remarkable slow 55 mph, thanks in part to low wing loading and a 262 square foot wing area.
		A spring-loaded hook attached to the bottom of the Kingfisher's main float engaged the sled, and the plane was towed until a sling from the cockpit was attached to an aircraft crane on deck.
		Kingfishers are also on display at the USS ALABAMA and the USS NORTH CAROLINA battleship memorials, at the naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL., and at the museums in Havana, Cuba, and Santiago, Chile.
	ussslcca25.com /kingfisher.htm (3005 words)

	Display
		One of six OS2U-3 Kingfishers transferred to the the Navy of Uruguay under the provisions of Lend-Lease during World War II, this aircraft operated as a seaplane until 1958.
		One of the last of a breed of floatplanes designed for use as aerial spotters during an engagement at sea, the OS2U Kingfisher was delivered to the fleet in 1940.
		Kingfishers plucked World War I fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker and other members of his crew from the Pacific in November 1942 after the plane in which they were flying was forced to ditch at sea.
	collections.naval.aviation.museum /emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display.php?irn=16006706&QueryPage=/DtlQuery.php (520 words)

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		Behind the Kingfisher’s wartime achievements stands the story of the engineering accomplishments that made it all possible.
		Kingfishers were used to maintain constant vigilance in anti-submarine patrol along most of the North American coast, carrying enough bombs to do their own sinking of enemy undersea craft.
		Convertible to either landplane or seaplane, the Kingfishers were called upon for a great variety of missions.
	www.voughtaircraft.com /heritage/special/html/sos2u1.html (364 words)

	Kodiak Military History, VS-70
		The Kingfisher was in service at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack and was aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) for the signing of the official Japanese surrender.
		The squadron was moved to NAS Kodiak, Alaska, and Bob was made its C.O. Before leaving Sitka, Bob was ordered to build a veritable "land carrier" alongside the inlet to the air station.
		The floats were taken off an OS2U, and the plane was equipped with its fixed land-plane wheels and a welded tailhook for the purpose of testing the land carrier.
	www.kadiak.org /vs/vs70.html (3705 words)

	Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		The Kingfisher was also delivered to the RAE A Flight and 787 squadron at Duxford in June 1942, and 789 squadron at Wingfield in November 1943.
		The Kingfisher won no Battle Honours with the Fleet Air Arm, howver it was to become the Florence Nightingale of the Pacific in its air-sea rescue role during World War II.
		A US Kingfisher rescued famous World War I ace Captain Eddie Rickenbacker after the plane in which he was riding as a passenger ditched in the Pacific during the war.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Aircraft/Kingfisher.htm (691 words)

	OS2U-3 Kingfisher Wood Model Airplane : Aviation Modelworks, Makers of Premium Quality Model Airplanes.
		The Vought OS2U Kingfisher, design by Chief Designer Rex B. Beisel, was the first modern aircraft and pioneered the technique of spot-welding to create a non-buckling fuselage structure that would make the subsequent F4U Corsair so legendarily strong.
		The model is hand-carved; from the aircraft fuselage, to the sanding of the aircraft's contours.
		The OS2U-3 Kingfisher model airplane passes through various stages; from priming and sanding before it is hand-painted to duplicate the actual colors of the original historical aircraft.
	www.aviationmodelworks.com /index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=182 (288 words)

	Vought OS2U Kingfisher, by Craig Swain
		However the majority of Kingfishers were assigned to either NAS Pensacola or NAS Jacksonville.
		However the type was called to perform bombing missions, target tug duties, as well as to chase down practice torpedoes.
		Another Kingfisher rescued Eddie Rickenbacker near Funafuti Island (the World War I ace had spent several weeks at sea after his B-17 crashed).
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/os2u_kingfisher.htm (809 words)

	MPC (Airfix) 1/72 Vought OS2U Kingfisher
		The Chance Vought Kingfisher fulfilled a U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics requirement in the late 1930’s for an observation scout seaplane (hence the “OS” in “OS2U-3”) capable of operating from land or water.
		In addition to the United States and Great Britain, Kingfishers were flown during WWII by the Soviet Union, Australia, Chile and Uruguay, in each case fulfilling the observation and anti-submarine patrol roles.
		The underside of both the Kingfisher and its pontoons is Gunze Sangyo gloss U.S. Navy Light Gull Grey (H51).
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/usaaf/kingfisher_mpc.htm (1744 words)

	Kingfisher Crash off Calif.
		By April of 1942, the station had been assigned to the operational command of Commander, Western Sea Frontier, U.S. Navy, with the aircraft and station considered a squadron under the direct command of Commander - Air Task Group of the Frontier - for all operations.
		Unbeknownst to Kind, LTjg Burroughs had put the Kingfisher into a whip stall, a maneuver that is difficult to recover from at high altitude even for an experienced pilot, and one that at low altitude is often deadly.
		Soon another Navy plane was on the scene and dropped a rubber raft near the remnants of the Kingfisher.
	www.check-six.com /Coast_Guard/9_May_1943_OS2U_crash.htm (1362 words)

	Airfix 1/72 Vought OS2U Kingfisher
		Over 1500 Kingfishers were produced with the last one rolling off the factory line in 1942.
		The Kingfisher was also supplied to allies of the US including Australia, Mexico, Argentina and 100 Mk.1s to Britain, amongst others.
		Respectively these are a US Navy Kingfisher from USS North Carolina, 1944 in overall intermediate blue and light grey and a Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy from a similar period in a similar two tone grey scheme.
	fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/usaaf/kingfisher.htm (1336 words)

	Vought OS2U Kingfisher - History, Specifications and Pictures - World Military Aircraft
		The OS2U Kingfisher was a product of the Vought aircraft firm, appearing initially as the VS.310 design to which the United States Navy accepted as a prototype in the XOS2U-1.
		After passing trials with the US Navy, the system was given the green light for full production and operational status as the OS2U "Kingfisher" series, serving as catapult launched floatplanes capable of adapting to landing on airstrips as well with some modification to the landing system.
		In all, the Kingfisher system served the Fleet Air Arm (as the Kingfisher Mk I series), US Navy and the Inshore Patrol Squadrons quite faithfully during its wartime tenure.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=377 (797 words)

	Vought-Sikorsky OS2U
		In 1942, a Navy pilot flying a Kingfisher rescued America's World War I ace, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, and the crew of a B-17D Flying Fortress (see NASM collection) forced to ditch in the Pacific.
		It was prepared for "flyaway to NAS Weeksville (Elizabeth City, North Carolina) for storage until such time as called for by the proposed NAM." However, in January 1949, it returned to NAS Norfolk and remained stored there until the summer of 1960.
		The Museum lent the aircraft to the USS Massachusetts Memorial at Battleship Cove, Massachusetts, in July 1968 and the Kingfisher returned to the Garber Facility in December 1980.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/kingfisher.htm (1120 words)

	Techno-Wizard OS2U Kingfisher
		The original Kingfisher was the main observation aircraft used by the United States Navy during World War Two and was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked on December 7, 1941 and was in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered.
		In Techno-Wizard service, the Kingfisher also performs observations roles and while heavier armed than the original Kingfisher, it is still lightly armed when compared to other Techno-Wizard aircraft designs and should not be considered a fighter.
		There were several examples of the Kingfisher in Naval Museums before the coming of the Rifts and it is believed one of them survived the coming of the Rifts to use as a basis for the Techno-Wizard version of the Kingfisher.
	www.kitsune.addr.com /Rifts/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/Technowizard/TW_OS2U_Kingfisher.htm (1629 words)

	Vought-Sikorsky VS-310 OS2U-3 Kingfisher
		This Kingfisher was returned to the USA and after six-months at NAS Alameda, California, for overhaul and to receive new equipment, it was shipped to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii and rejoined VO-8 aboard the USS Indiana in March 1944.
		By August 1944, this Kingfisher was assigned to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit Thirty Four (CASU-34) and was shipped back to NAS Alameda, California, in the escort aircraft carrier USS Bougainville (CVE-100) in December 1944.
		The OS2U remained in storage at NAS Norfolk until the summer of 1960 when it was transferred to the NAM's Paul E. Garber Restoration and Storage and Storage Facility in Suitland, Maryland.
	1000aircraftphotos.com /Garber/740.htm (369 words)

	Monogram 1/48 OS2U Kingfisher (Hi Tech) by Scott Van Aken (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Comments: The OS2U Kingfisher was the US Navy's premier utility/scout floatplane of WWII.
		Charles Lindberg can thank an OS2U for picking him up when he was shot down in hostile waters during WWII.
		The Kingfisher was also operated from land bases by replacing the floats with wheels.
	m2reviews.cnsi.net /scotts/preww2/os2u.htm (1309 words)

	Layout - Main Deck - Kingfisher
		Because the Kingfisher had floats, it could land and take off from the ocean.
		In April of 1944, one of the Kingfishers braved enemy fire to pick up ten airmen at the Truk Atoll.
		To launch or catapult a plane, the pilot first raced the engine at top speed, then a gun powder charge place into the cart was fired which propelled the plane down the end of the catapult track and off the ship.
	www.battleshipnc.com /history/bb55/layout/maindeck/kingfisher.php (478 words)

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