Plastic aircraft model VOUGHT OS2U "KINGFISHER" US NAVY 1941 1:32 Model kit

Product description : Plastic aircraft model VOUGHT OS2U "KINGFISHER" US NAVY 1941 1:32

KH32016 - Plastic model VOUGHT OS2U "KINGFISHER" US NAVY 1941

The Vought OS2U Kingfisher is the first catapulted maritime reconnaissance seaplane of the American Navy, used both from ships and from runways on land. Extensively employed as a reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare and rescue aircraft, the Kingfisher was designed by Vought to replace the O3U Corsair reconnaissance biplane in service in the late 1930s.

The XOS2U-1 prototype made its first flight in March 1938, equipped with a Pratt & Whitney R-985-4 Wasp Junior with 450 hp and wheeled landing gear. The seaplane version, equipped with an R-985-48 engine, first flew in May, and 54 were produced. A second version, the OS2U-2, was produced in 58 units with an R-985-50 engine. The OS2U-3 version was produced in 1,000 copies, equipped with an R985-AN-2 engine, self-sealing tanks, protective armor for the pilot and two machine guns (one fixed and one adjustable) . This version could also carry two 147 kg depth charges. Several devices were delivered to countries in America and the USSR, and around a hundred were delivered to the United Kingdom. A final version, the OS2U-4, was considered but abandoned; this version would have included a new empennage, a thinner wing with solid flaps and squared wingtips.