Vought OS2U Kingfisher: Ugly, Slow and Indispensable

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Vought OS2U Kingfisher: Ugly, Slow and Indispensable” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/vought-os2u-kingfisher/.

 

[Cedric]

Thanks for the article. My wife's stepdad nailed a Japanese sub off of Guadalcanal with a Kingfisher.

 

[Talyn]

More WW2 US float plane info.

Twilight of catapult aviation after WWII: pt.1

(A Kingfisher scout plane catapults off the cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) during WWII.) (Abandoned Kingfishers lay in a US Navy storage lot in 1946, a year after WWII ended) Because most photos of bat…

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Twilight of catapult aviation after WWII: pt.2

(part 2 of a 2-part series) (Cuban Revolutionary Navy OS2U Kingfisher.)

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Nov 22, 2023

I can't imagine landing on open ocean waves in something like these. 3' waves are considered "light" seas, yet would pound the crap out of a float plane trying to land (in the ocean). I guess no worse than slamming an F18 (or any plane) into a carrier deck now that I think about it.

• Jfal

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[Cedric]

More WW2 US float plane info.

Twilight of catapult aviation after WWII: pt.1

(A Kingfisher scout plane catapults off the cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) during WWII.) (Abandoned Kingfishers lay in a US Navy storage lot in 1946, a year after WWII ended) Because most photos of bat…

wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com

Twilight of catapult aviation after WWII: pt.2

(part 2 of a 2-part series) (Cuban Revolutionary Navy OS2U Kingfisher.)

wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com

Post in thread 'Twilight of catapult aviation after WWII'

Nov 22, 2023

I can't imagine landing on open ocean waves in something like these. 3' waves are considered "light" seas, yet would pound the crap out of a float plane trying to land (in the ocean). I guess no worse than slamming an F18 (or any plane) into a carrier deck now that I think about it.

• Jfal

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Correction to part 1. The USS New York was BB-34 not 35. The Texas was BB-35. Even though the Texas had its keel laid first, the New York was the first ship of the two ship class.