Curtiss SOC Images

(Bureau # 9979) In flight, 2 July 1939. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

(Bureau # 9856 the first SOC-1) Parked on the apron at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D.C., circa September 1935. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Photo #: 80-G-68056 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft In flight, just after it was catapulted from USS Augusta (CA-31), in Casco Bay, Maine, June 1942. The plane is armed with two depth bombs. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections

Photo #: 80-G-79418 Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull scout-observation aircraft Is hoisted from the water, during recovery by its parent cruiser, July 1943. The plane wears the markings of Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collect

Photo #: 80-G-302116 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft, of Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven (VCS-7) Beached at an English airfield, while VCS-7 was flying the higher-performance British Spitfire fighters to spot naval gunfire during the Normandy La

Photo #: 80-G-470059 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft Is unhooked from the crane after recovery by USS Philadelphia (CL-41), during the North African operation, November 1942. Photographed by Lieutenant Horace Bristol, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Ph

Photo #: 80-G-470062 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft Taxiis toward the ship's stern, for recovery by USS Philadelphia (CL-41), during the North African operation, November 1942. Photographed by Lieutenant Horace Bristol, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Photo #: 80-G-470115 Curtiss SOC Seagull scout-observation aircraft On the catapults of a Brooklyn class light cruiser, during operations in the south Pacific area, January 1943. Photographed by Lieutenant Charles Kerlee, USNR. Note details of the plane's cata

Taxi is up to a U.S. Navy cruiser, for recovery, circa April 1944. Note wake left by recovery mat streamed by the ship, and plane crewman laying atop the wing waiting to hook up to the ship's crane.

(Bureau # 9856, the first SOC-1) Parked on the seaplane apron at a Naval Air Station, 30 October 1935. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplanes

Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplane

from USS Honolulu (CL-48) Fly in a formation, circa 1938-39. They are part of Cruiser Scouting Squadron 9 (VCS-9). These planes' Bureau #s are (from left to right): unidentified; 1073; 1175 (a SON-1 variant of the SOC-3); and 1087. Collection of Rear Admiral S

Curtiss SOC-1 scout observation plane

Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplane

Curtiss SOC scout observation floatplane