. The pilot of a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane unstraps his flight log from his leg, after returning from a flight to 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. Summer 1944. USN 39 OS2U pilot on USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1944

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