Caption | USS Mobile preparing to launch a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane from her port catapult during the Oct 1943 Marcus Island raid. Note the 40mm twin gun mount and man in the gun tub holding a red flag. ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Alphonso Ianelli | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-K-15826 | |||||||
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The official Navy caption reads: “Preparing to launch an OS2U from USS Mobile, October 1943” but the two officers and enlisted man directly next to the catapult rail suggests things are still a few moments away from actually launching, despite the running engine on the aircraft. The two officers casually standing there with the bluejacket on his knees apparently holding some tools further suggests that something minor has gone wrong with the catapult and the machinist mate is there to actually fix it while the officers are there to stand nearby and discuss fixing it.