W.T. LARKINS COLLECTION
No. 4374. Curtiss 71B SOC-2 Seagull (0423) US Navy
Photographed at Oakland, California, USA, by W.T. Larkins
10/15/2006. Remarks by
Jack
McKillop: "This SOC-2 was assigned to Cruiser Scouting
Squadron Six (VCS-6) of Cruiser Division Six (CruDiv-6) and based
in the heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) ca. 1938. All 15 SOCs
of VCS-6 had a black stripe applied to the horizontal and vertical
tail surfaces between 1937 and 1940."
View also photo
10090.