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===United States=== [[File:Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher.jpg|thumb|OS2U Kingfisher at the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]].]] ; On display ; OS2U-3 *1368 (marked #60, painted as 0951) β Obtained from Mexico, the aircraft was previously displayed aboard the battleship {{USS|Alabama|BB-60|2}} and is now displayed inside the aircraft pavilion adjacent to the battleship in [[Mobile, Alabama]]. The building and the aircraft sustained some damage from [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ussalabama.com/aircraft.php|title=OS2U-3 Kingfisher/1368|website=USS Alabama Museum|access-date=2012-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904084729/http://www.ussalabama.com/aircraft.php|archive-date=2012-09-04}}</ref> *5909 β Boeing Aviation Hangar at the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]], [[National Air and Space Museum]] at [[Dulles International Airport]] outside of Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19610106000|title=OS2U-3 Kingfisher/5909|website=NASM|access-date=2011-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402171540/http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19610106000|archive-date=2011-04-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>[[File:USMC-101112-M-4752B-025.jpg|thumb|right|Kingfisher donated by [[Lynn Garrison]] to North Carolina Battleship Commission]] *5926 β [[National Naval Aviation Museum]] at NAS Pensacola, Florida. It was one of six OS2U-3 Kingfishers that were transferred by Lend-Lease to the [[National Navy of Uruguay]] during World War II. This aircraft operated as a seaplane until 1958 and was obtained in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/explore/exhibits-and-collections/aircraft-on-display|title=OS2U-3 Kingfisher/5926|website=National Museum of Naval Aviation|access-date=2011-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409095500/http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/explore/exhibits-and-collections/aircraft-on-display|archive-date=2012-04-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Lynn Garrison salvaged Vought Kingfisher from Calvert Island, British Columbia, February, 1965.jpg|thumb|Lynn Garrison salvaged Vought Kingfisher from Calvert Island, British Columbia, February, 1965]] *3073 (marked #8 based on assigned air group) β On board the battleship {{USS|North Carolina|BB-55|2}} in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]]. With the assistance of a Royal Canadian Air Force [[Piasecki Helicopter|Piasecki helicopter]], [[Lynn Garrison]] salvaged this Kingfisher from [[Calvert Island (British Columbia)]], during the winter of 1963. It crashed there on a ferry flight to Alaska during World War II. It was initially restored for display by volunteers at Vought Aeronautics in [[Grand Prairie, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.battleshipnc.com/AbouttheShip/History.aspx|title=OS2U-3 Kingfisher/Unknown at USS North Carolina|website=battleshipnc.com|access-date=2011-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112223637/http://battleshipnc.com/AbouttheShip/History.aspx|archive-date=2011-01-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> and sent to the battleship in 1971. The 2018 restoration of the Kingfisher was managed by a Wilmington resident and the Carolina Chapter of the Flight Deck Veterans Group.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} <!-- dead link and no existing archive could be found: http://www.fdvg.org/single-post/2018/02/08/FDVG-Strikes-Again-with-Operation-Restoration-USS-North-Carolina --> ; In storage ; OS2U-3 *09643 β In storage at the [[Yanks Air Museum]], [[Chino, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yanksair.org/collection/vought-os2u-3-kingfisher/|website=Yanks Air Museum|title=Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher|access-date=2018-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030012127/https://yanksair.org/collection/vought-os2u-3-kingfisher/|archive-date=2020-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=161463|website=Aerial Visuals|title=Airframe Dossier|access-date=2018-10-06|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006195614/http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=161463|url-status=live}}</ref>
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