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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-4597 (Color)

USS Missouri (BB-63)


The pilot of a Vought OS2U floatplane unstraps his flight log from his leg, after returning from a flight. The airplane is on the catapult behind him. Photographed during the ship's shakedown cruise, circa August 1944.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 98KB; 585 x 765 pixels

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9 February 1999