Posted on 04/14/2010 2:48:01 PM PDT by Pyro7480
I visited the Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles in Virginia on Monday. I took a lot of pictures there, and I was able to identify all the planes in the pictures but one. This is it.
It's definitely a World War II-era plane. I remember where it was in the museum, but I can't seem to find it on their website.
I was sure you were not just guessing . Good eye .
Looks like a KingFisher that might have been launched from a rail off of a battleship since there appears to only be the single rail pontoon below the fuselage.
From that angle........yep. Shot in the original post didn’t allow much of a view of the canopy, etc.
Used for search and rescue at times, used on battleships for artillery spotting.
You’re amazing. Where did you find that pic?
I seem to recall seeing one on the fantail of the USS North Carolina when I was a kid. There was a small crane to lift it out of the water on the rear of the NC and other battleships of the same class... (Missouri, Iowa, etc.)
I’m not sure of it’s model number but this airplane was called “The Kingfish’’. It was a scout/reconnaissance/rescue aircraft typically launched off battleships. It did recon, search/rescue and spotted for naval gunfire.
Is it just me, or does it seem to anyone else that the tiny little twin propeller isn’t up to the task of propelling that plane?
http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/cleaveros2u.htm
Good resume of rescue stories involving the Kingfisher as well as a very nice summary of modeling one the way it ought to be done.
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