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OS2U Kingfisher History:

The OS2U Kingfisher, bogus by Vought, was the U.S. Navy's aboriginal catapult-launched monoplane ascertainment floatplane. The OS2U aboriginal flew on March 1, 1938. The OS2U was a bunched mid-wing monoplane, with a big axial float and baby stabilizing floats. Performance was modest, because of its ablaze engine. The OS2U could additionally accomplish on fixed, wheeled, taildragger landing gear.

The OS2U came in both float and land-based configurations, and served as eyewitness aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft, and accomplishment aircraft.

The Kingfisher's best important role during the war was as rescuer of downed aviators, and was additional alone to the PBY Catalina in this job. On November 11, 1942, a Kingfisher accepted as "The Bug", which had survived the advance on Pearl Harbor - rescued Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and the aggregation of the B-17 he was with afterwards they comatose in the Pacific and survived 28 canicule in activity rafts. Afterwards rescuing pilot CAPT. W.T. Cherry and four others on November 11, "the Bug" begin Rickenbacker's bulk the abutting day. Unable to fly all three survivors aback at one go, LT. William F. Eadie, the pilot, taxied the aeroplane 40 afar through the accessible sea with Rickenbacker and one crewman lashed to the wings, while the best seriously-ill survivor was blimp in the rear bench on the lap of ARM1 L.H. Boutte, the crewman. "The Bug" survived this mission and connected to fly throughout the war.