There is one color and two black-and-white photos of this particular Kingfisher. It served in the Aleutians during 1943, and was carried aboard the Omaha-class light cruiser Detroit (CL-8). The white stripes on the tail surfaces are Aleutian theater markings, and like many U.S. aircraft serving in the Aleutians, she carries non-standard national insignia. Photos of the actual aircraft in this post: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/os2u-kingfishers-in-the-aleutians/
Construction posts here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/azmodel-vought-os2u-kingfisher-build-in-1-72-scale-part-i/
Inch High Guy 
Adding the links is useful.
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I wondered, there is a search function too but I can’t tell if anyone uses it.
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Links are best.
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Thanks for sharing a great build and some great research with us Jeff.
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Thanks Warren, I liked the scheme the first time I saw it.
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That is really nice, Jeff! 🙂
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Thanks John!
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Very nice- rather distinctive too.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete, they really didn’t follow the regulations very well in the Aleutians!
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Those are some seriously oversized insignia!
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Was there some particular concern that led to that? You don’t normally see such things unless they’re a lot of close support work.
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There was a big concern with friendly fire in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack and the following months. Some USN aircraft carried full-chord insignia, there are photos from Enterprise with SBDs like that and I’ve seen pictures of a PBY with absolutely huge wing insignia.
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Yes I’ve seen that in 1942. But those are mid-1943 markings. Unless maybe they just modified existing oversized insignia when the new markings came out in July that year? It’s a dramatic and different look!
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I think they started with the oversized markings and just kept adding to them as the subsequent directives were issued. On this particular Kingfisher they ran out of room! The Aleutians were similar to some of the training commands in that it doesn’t appear they went back and repainted the markings in many cases.
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Yeah that looks exactly like what happened.
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It looks so real Jeff , another top job😃🤓.
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Thanks Pat!
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