Keywords: OS2U pilot on USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1944.jpg The pilot of a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane unstraps his flight log from his leg after returning from a flight to U S Navy battleship USS Missouri BB-63 The airplane is on the catapult behind him The photgraph was taken during Missouri ' s shakedown period in the summer of 1944 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/missouri-bb-63/80-G-K-4597 html 80-G-K-4597 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command summer 1944 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy see at this http //www history navy mil/branches/org11-2 htm site all Pictures in the Online Library of Naval Historical Center are public domain Spotter planes on the USS Missouri BB-63 Vought OS2U Kingfisher World War II color photographs of the US Homefront United States naval aviators |