File:OS2U pilot on USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1944.jpg

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Description	The pilot of a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane unstraps his flight log from his leg, after returning from a flight to U.S. 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.
Date	Summer 1944 date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564
Source	Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-4597 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author	USN

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