File:Ray Wagner Collection Photo (16088944175).jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull scout-observation floatplane in flight, soon after delivery to Observation Squadron 2B (VO-2B), 1938. The plane was assigned to the battleship USS California (BB-44). Note the "Winged Pelican" VO-2 insignia on the aircraft, .30 caliber machine gun in its after cockpit and extended leading-edge slats on the upper wing.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 80523 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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current19:55, 1 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 19:55, 1 October 20154,362 × 3,227 (4.13 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)NHHC photo
14:34, 7 March 2015Thumbnail for version as of 14:34, 7 March 2015600 × 477 (45 KB)Ethically Yours (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons