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    Airframe Family: Vought OS2U Kingfisher
    Latest Model:OS2U-3 Kingfisher
    Last Military Serial:A-752 ANdU
    Construction Number:07534
    Compressed ID:Vought OS2U-3 sn A-752 ANdU cn 0753...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OS2U-3.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 5926.
    Purchased for Lend-Lease to Uruguay.

    From 1942 to 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armada Nacional del Uruguay with s/n A-752.

    30 September 1942

    Crashed.
    Fell in sea and capsized 1 km from coast near Port of Montevideo during test flight. Pilot C/C Carlos A. Curbelo and two others drowned. Aircraft salvaged.

    From By 1964 to 1971

    Transferred to Laguna-Del-Sauce NAS, Uruguay.

    1971

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    Received directly from the Uruguayan Navy.
    View the Location Dossier

    1991


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the National Naval Museum in Pensacola, FL.

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, Florida

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 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...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Safety Network
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Matt Maranto
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