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Description
English: Two Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplanes warming up on the fantail of the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) prior to catapult launching, probably at the time of the Invasion of Southern France, August 1944. Note barrels of Quincy´s after eight-inch guns in the foreground, hangar hatch cover and twin aircraft cranes at the ship's stern.
Depicted place
Mediterranean Sea
Date
August 1944
date QS:P571,+1944-08-00T00:00:00Z/10
Collection
Naval History & Heritage Command
Parent institution
United States Department of the Navy
Location
Washington Navy Yard
Established
1944
Website
www.history.navy.mil
Authority file
: Q3250126
VIAF: 1112145424606586830810
ISNI: 0000000121926193
LCCN: no2009080665
GND: 1104864061
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
Accession number
80-G-K-1948
Source
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-1948
Licensing
This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID 80-G-K-1948. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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