AN/APS-4 ASH

Pilot gives "thumbs-up" signal to beaching crew who are preparing to launch the plane into the water at a Pacific base, circa 1944-45. Note APS-4 radar pod under the wing and insignia of Scout-Observation Service Unit One (SOSU-1) on the nose. Beaching gear is

At NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 17 December 1945.