Overview

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80-G-66108

Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane, of Observation Squadron One (VO-1) On a seaplane mat towed by USS Arizona (BB-39), while being recovered after a flight in the Hawaiian Operating area on the morning of 6 September 1941. The plane flown by Ensign Lawrence A. Williams. Rear-seat man was Radioman 3rd Class G.H. Lane, who is preparing to hook up the aircraft to the ship's crane for recovery. Note the plane's side number 1-O-3, with the ship's name below it. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

80-G-66109

Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane, of Observation Squadron One (VO-1) Being recovered by USS Arizona (BB-39), after a flight in the Hawaiian Operating area on the morning of 6 September 1941. The pilot, Ensign Lawrence A. Williams, is holding the belt of his rear-seat man, Radioman 3rd Class G.H. Lane, who is hooking up the aircraft to the ship's crane for recovery. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.