File:Stinson OY-1 Tumbleweed in 1943.jpg

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Description A 1943 U.S. Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel N57958 painted to represent BuNo 60465, "Tumbleweed" at Pensacola Naval Air Museum. The real OY-1 60465 crashed on Guadalcanal 14 March, 1944. Note the variety of aircraft in the background (r-l): Stearman N2S Kaydet, Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Yellow Peril (BuNo 2693), a U.S. Coast Guard Grumman JF-2 Duck (serial V148), and a Piper NE-1 (BuNo 26330).
Date Unknown
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2011.003.197.002
Author U.S. Navy

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current21:10, 1 June 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:10, 1 June 20121,990 × 1,579 (1.68 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Convair OY-1 ''Sentinel'' (BuNo 60465, "Tumbleweed") parked at an unknown airfield, in 1943. Note the variety of aircraft in the background (r-l): Stearman N2S ''Kaydet'', Naval Aircraft Fac...