File:SO3C over Lafayette fake 1943.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Curtiss SO3C Seamew in flight. Note that this photo is obviously a photomontage, using the wreck of the Normandie liner as a backgrund.
Official description: "A SO3C Seamew flies over the wreckage of Lafayette (ex Normandie), a French passenger liner that was procured by the United States, 17 August 1943 (wrong: 12 December 1941). While being converted to a troop ship, it caught fire at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal."
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2009.006.097 [1]
Author U.S. Navy

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current15:01, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 15:01, 28 July 20091,904 × 1,520 (388 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Curtiss SO3C ''Seamew'' in flight. Note that this photo is obviously a photomontage, using the wreck of the ''Normandie'' liner as a backgrund.<br>'''Official description:''' "A SO3C Seamew fli

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