è un aereo stupendo mi piacerebbe avere delle di quello usato in australia(quello tutto giallo)

My Uncle, Lt. John G. "Graham Man" Boyd, was the pilot who actually located the Rickenbacher crew. My mother still has the letter my Gr. Mother got from Eddie.
It seems that Lt. Eadie and also the catalina crew got credit for it because the plane my uncle was flying was BINGO for fuel and could only radio for assist.
Squadron was Sta, in Funa Fuji not Bora Bora. Rickenbacher was Army not Navy he wasn't an Admiral.

I flew in the OS2U in an ASW squadron at Banana River FL. We carried two 325-lb depth charges and if there was little wind it was almost impossible to get off the water with a full load of gas it was so underpowered. We lost one plane because it couldn't clear a low tank on shore. Fuel gauges, especially the reserve tank, were notoriously inaccurate and we had numerous instances of unanticipated landings. Nobody had anything good to say about the plane.

During WWII my father was a crew cheif stationed at BORA BORA and working on the OS2U-3 Kingfisher. The squadron he was with was responsible for having found " Eddie Rickinbacker ( later ADMIRAL ) after 30 days lost at sea.
He always said it was one tough aircraft.