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Vought OS2U Kingfisher 1. Vought Sikorsky OS2U-3 (Kingfisher) flown Lt J.G. John A. Burns who rescued nine downed pilots from Truk Lagoon in April 1944. 2. OS2U-3 Unit: Northern Fleet, No. 1 Two Kingfisher were served in Soviet Union. In Spring 1944 USSR temporary got ex-Italian light cruiser Milwaukee. It delivered on 24th August 1944 to Northern Fleet and renamed Murmansk. Onboard it carried 2 OS2U-3 Kingfisher, they still wore American White/Grey painting and re-coded '1' and used as trainers and liaisons. 3. OS2U-3,Unit: Fuerza Aerea de Chile No. 308,View of the OS2U-3 Kingfisher showing the Nr. 308, first FACH plane flew over the national Antarctic territory in 1947. Note: Chilean Kingfishers wore telescopic sights only for a brief time after its arrival to Chile. 4. Kingfisher Mk.I, Unit: 765 NAS, FAA ,No. Fn678 Sandbanks, England,1943. Seaplane pilot training unit. 5. OS2U-3 Unit: 107 Sqn, RAAF,Serial: JE-T, A48-18 (BuNo.5983) The RAAF Kingfisher in lightened and bare metal markings of 107 Squadron. The Light Grey codes were later all changed to Black. 6. OS2U-3 part: the RAAF Antarctic Flight number: A48-13 (BuNo. 5977) in 1947, the aircraft in the Antarctic wing Australian air force, was operated by the Australian Antarctic expedition and was used for reconnaissance flights around the Australian Antarctic base. 7. U.S. Navy NAVAL air base 100: Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. 8. OS2U-2 Part: VS-5D4. US Navy: 5D4-S-3 (BuNo. 2190) NAVAL Base, Cape May New Jersey, 1942. 9. OS2U-2: PW-2, U.S. Navy BuNo. number: 2216 seaplane tender AV-8 USS Tangier, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1941. 10. Voughi OS2U-2 of VS-2D1 (First Naval District - Inshore Patrol Squadron), NAS Quonset Point R.I.. soring 1941. Overall Aluminium Varnish with upper wing surfaces in Orange-Yellow. Cowl, Fusalago and pontoon stripes are insignia Red. 11. Vought O2SU-1 of VO-1 on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), October 1940. Overall Aluminum varnish, Orange-Yellow upper wing surfaces. True Blue cowling and fuselage stripes, and Insignia Red tail surfaces.

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Yakovlev Yak-7 1. Yak-7B.Unit: 29th GvIAP. Serial: 14. Pilot - Hero of the Soviet Union A.V.Tchirkov. Leningrad Front, Summer 1943. Note the Order of the Red Banner of Combat painted on the fuselage spine. 2. Yak-7B (late series) "For Nikolay!" Unit: 43rd IAP. Serial: 22. Pilot assistance of squadron commander 1st.Lt.V.I.Merkulov. Summer 1943. On 26th September 1943 he was shot down during protecting of his leader commander of corps Ye.Ya.Savitsky. Note: Light-Blue spinner, chevron on the tail, victories markings and inscription on the left side of fuselage 'For Nikolay!'. 3. Yak-7B "For Sasha Tikhomirov". Unit: 41st IAP. Serial: 35. Pilot - Snr.Lt.Arkady Sukov. Autumn 1942. 4. Yak-7B. Unit: 29th GvIAP. Serial: 33. Pilot - P.A.Pokryshev, during 1944. 5. Yak-7B. Unit: 29th GvIAP. Serial: 29. Pilot - CO of 29th GvIAP Col.A.A.Matveev. Spring 1943. 6. Yak-7B. Unit: 812th IAP. Serial: 12. Pilot - chief of air-shooting service of 812th IAP Capt.Pavel Tarasov. November-December 1943. The artwork based of 812th IAP veterans memories. 7. Yak-7B. Unit: 3rd AE, 875th IAP. Serial: 86. Pilot - Assistant of Commander of 3rd AE, 875th IAP, Maj.Lt.A.P.Chernobaj (mechanic is first sergeant Usov). January 1943, Kaliningrad Front, Kochegarovo air base. Victories markings painted on both fuselage sides. Yellow stripes painted on the upperwing. The plane recently was modernized. 8. Yak-7B. Unit: 71st IAP/64th GvIAP. Serial: 3. Pilot - 1st.Lt.Viktor Yakovlevich Khasin. Spring of 1943. 9. Yak-7B. Unit: 122nd IAP. Serial: 7. The plane modified to reconnaissance plane. Spring 1943. 10. Yak-7B. Unit: 127th IAP. Serial: 26. Kursk area, Summer 1943. 11. Yak-7B Unit: 157th IAP. Serial: 03 Pilot - squadron CO Captain V.N.Zalevsky. Kursk-Orel area. Summer of 1943. 12. Yak-7B "k-z Politotdelets". Serial: 65. Yak-7B inscribed From the 'Politotdelets' (Political Section Worker) collective farm to the defenders of Stalingrad operated on the Stalingrad Front in the winter of 1942-1943. 13. Yak-7B Unit: 487th IAP PVO. Serial: 64. Pilot - B.Ya.Ternovoi. July 1943. 14. Yak-7B (late series). Unit: 976th IAP. Serial: 930. 1st Baltic Front, March 1943.

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