US Navy Scouting Squadron 44 (VS-44) OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, piloted by Ens. J. Clay Staples, in flight over southern Caribbean Sea, circa Jul 1943

Caption   US Navy Scouting Squadron 44 (VS-44) OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, piloted by Ens. J. Clay Staples, in flight over southern Caribbean Sea, circa Jul 1943 ww2dbase
More on...   
OS2U Kingfisher   Main article  Photos  
Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico Campaigns   Main article  Photos  
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 14 May 2008

This photograph has been scaled down; full resolution photograph is available here (1,761 by 1,152 pixels).

Licensing  used with photographer's permission



Did you enjoy this photograph? Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you.

Share this photograph with your friends:

 Facebook
 Reddit
 Twitter

Stay updated with WW2DB:

 RSS Feeds

Visitor Submitted Comments

1. FORMER LT JG JACOB MOSES HORNSTEIN says:
6 Apr 2012 10:01:00 AM

In addition to the OS2U, VS44 flew the SBD and the SB2C. I was a pilot in the VS44 squadron. Is there a way i could get and address or e mail of the still living pilots of VS44?
2. Anonymous says:
13 Oct 2016 11:45:24 AM

i recently read a copy of Mr Staples "A Pilots Journal" that was given to my now deceased father who was also in the navy and i am very interested in talking to him about it does anybody have his or his relatives contact info? respectfully, David

All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB.

Posting Your Comments on this Topic

Your Name
Your Email
 Your email will not be published
Comment Type
Your Comments
Security Code
 
 

Note: We hope that visitor conversations at WW2DB will be constructive and thought-provoking. Please refrain from using strong language. HTML tags are not allowed. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. All comment submissions will become the property of WW2DB.
Search WW2DB & Partner Sites
News

Random Photograph

SBD-4 & SBD-5 Dauntlesses join USAAF as A-24A Banshees at Douglas Aircraft Co’s El Segundo Plant, Mar 16 1943. Note two experimental XSB2D-1 torpedo bomber prototypes against the back fence 3 weeks before its maiden flight.




Current Site Statistics

Famous WW2 Quote
"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terrors. Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."

Winston Churchill