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Constructed as an OS2U-3. |
15 March 1942 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 5909.
TOS at NAS New York. |
April 1942 |
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Transferred to NAS Norfolk, VA. |
May 1942 |
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Transferred to Battleship USS Indiana (BB-58). |
1942 |
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After the Indiana arrived in the Pacific, Navy pilots flying this OS2U performed a variety of missions including bombing, utility, and administrative chores at many locations. |
December 1942 |
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Transferred to Com F Air Scouting Squadron VS-5-D-14, New Caledonia. |
1943 |
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Transferred to Scouting Squadron 55 (VS-55), New Caldonia.
VS-5-D-14 was redesignated. |
Circa October 1943 |
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Transferred to NAS Alameda, CA.
Underwent a six-month overhaul and received new combat equipment, and returned to Pearl Harbor. |
March 1944 |
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Transferred to Battleship USS Indiana (BB-58). |
4 July 1944 |
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Rescued two downed airmen while under fire off Guam (in the face of an intense barrage directed at him by the enemy guns) and returned to the Indiana; pilot awarded the Navy Cross. |
August 1944 |
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Transferred to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit Thirty Four (CASU-34), NAS Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. |
December 1944 |
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Transferred to NAS Alameda, CA.
Shipped to NAS Alameda aboard the USS Bougainville CVE-100) for overhaul. |
May 1945 |
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Transferred to NAS Norfolk, VA. |
Circa March 1947 |
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Assigned to NAS Weeksville, Elizabeth City, NC for storage.
Earmarked for National Air Museum. |
1949 |
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Assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA for storage. |
October 1960 |
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To National Air Museum restoration and storage facility, Suitland, MD.
Later named after Paul Garber. |
July 1968 |
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Loaned to USS Massachusetts Memorial, Battleship Cove, MA. |
December 1980 |
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Returned from loan to Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
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From November 1983 to April 1988 |
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Restored.
Markings Applied: 13
Markings worn when serving aboard USS Indianna. |
10 June 1991 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
From 1997 to After May 2002 |
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Loaned to Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.
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By 2003 |
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Returned from loan to Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
View the Location Dossier |
8 May 2009 |
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Photographer: Matt Maranto |
16 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
5 June 2016 |
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Photographer: Arjun Sarup
Notes: On display in the Boeing Aviation Hangar at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, NASM. |
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