Talk:Vought OS2U Kingfisher

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I hesitated to add that the USS Alabama Kingfisher came from Mexico since that fact was only from my memory. But, this website seems to corroborate this: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1/701-800/Fea744_Kingfisher_Pliopas/00.shtm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dpnew (talk • contribs) 13:56, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

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I have removed the following text (quote)It has since been relocated to the Museo del Aire in Havana http://www.airteamimages.com/52358.html Photograph of the Cuban Kingfisher at the Museo del Aire, Havana(unquote). The reference image looks correct for the Museum of the Revolution, so I believe it is simply mis-captioned. There is no other evidence of it at the Museo del Aire.PeterWD (talk) 23:57, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Naming mess - No such thing as 'OS2U Kingfisher'
The plane was a US plane serving in the Navy with the designation OS2U, OS- being a mission prefix for Observation-Scout. The British at the time named all their planes (typhoon, swordfish, hurricane, firefly, etc, etc) and they called this plane the Kingfisher. So there is no such thing as the "OS2U Kingfisher" it is either the US plane OS2U or the British plane Kingfisher. This fact is reflected correctly in the Variants section.

Since this is a US made plane and a larger number served with the designation OS2U than the British navy exclusive Kingfisher the whole article and the title should be changed to reflect this (add a redirect article with the title Vought Kingfisher maybe).

I have never contributed to this article so I don't feel bold enough to do such a large re-edit, but I hope those who contribute regularly take my point into serious consideration. --DelftUser (talk) 01:09, 9 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Any idea why some us navy sources call it a Kingfisher? like MilborneOne (talk) 13:11, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Or the Smithsionian or the United States Coast Guard  MilborneOne (talk) 13:49, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Actually if you read the source you provided,, you would have noticed that the word Kingfisher never appears on the Navy Department papers, it is only used in the article published Feb 1977. The point is not what people were calling it in 1977, the point is what were exactly the correct designation at the time of its service. The Western nations kept calling the USSR Russia from its inception and then they were the first to recognize the nations that declared independence from it, the Soviet Army that fought WWII is called the Red Army all the time even though that name was changed after the Russian Civil War, people still call Istanbul Constantinople even though that the latter is only a fraction of the former, people call the United States America all the time. I can go on all day & night if you want, just because a certain name becomes fashionable does not mean its the right one. --DelftUser (talk) 15:04, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Use of a OS2U during a rescue
https://web.archive.org/web/20081120194959/http://www.ussessexcv9.org/Bravepages/icecream.html is an interesting story about a U.S. airman downed by AA while attacking Okinawa. An OS2U picks him up.

While it's a single and first hand account aspects that could be added to this article are: --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 10:24, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * That the engine was started with a cartridge.
 * Difficulty when taking off from a flat sea.
 * That the host ship makes a turn immediately prior to landing to create a flat area in the water.
 * That the host ship has a net deployed over the side and is dragged through the water. The OS2U runs up to the net and then stops. They attach the crane and the aircraft is hoisted back onto the catapult.
 * An airman is worth ten gallons of ice cream. :-)