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    Airframe Family: Vought OS2U Kingfisher
    Latest Model:OS2N-1 Kingfisher
    Last Military Serial:3 FAMe
    Construction Number:CV59250
    Compressed ID:Naval Aircraft Factory OS2N-1 sn 3...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OS2N-1 by Naval Aircraft Factory.

    February 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 01368.

    By 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the FA Mexicana with s/n 3.

    1964

    To USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    November 1964

    Transported by air.
    Airfreighted by USAF C-119 from Mexico to Brookley AFB, AL.

    From 1964 to 1965

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 60, 0951
    Restored to static display condition at Brookley. Marked as 0951 (which belongs to an XOSU-1).

    1965

    Placed on display.
    Displayed on USS Alabama catapult.

    Circa 1970


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: Kingfisher on the USS Alabama

    26 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    26 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    From 1993 to 1994

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 3
    Restored from hurricane damage.

    1994

    Placed on display.
    Displayed inside museum hangar.

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Inside the Battleship Alabama Museum

    29 August 2005

    Damaged.
    Damaged by Hurrican Katrina.

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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