Talk:Curtiss SO3C Seamew

This article is within the scope of the Aviation WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.AviationWikipedia:WikiProject AviationTemplate:WikiProject Aviationaviation articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

This article is supported by the aircraft project.

Military history: Aviation / Maritime / North America / United States / World War II Start‑class

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

Start

This article has been rated as Start-class on the project's quality scale.

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military aviation task force
	Maritime warfare task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force
	World War II task force

Queen Seamew?[edit]

The SO3-1K was to have been taken into service as the Queen Seamew but an order of 30 was cancelled.

Presumably this is referring to possible UK use as a radio-controlled target drone? - these aircraft all had the prefix Queen, e.g., Queen Bee (a modified Tiger Moth), Queen Wasp, etc. Ian Dunster 12:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's correct. According to David Mondey's American Aircraft of World War II these 30 aircraft did see British service, being "used to supplement the fleet of de Havilland Queen Bee target aircraft". Drutt (talk) 04:21, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK - thanks for the reply. Some would have said that that was the best use for them.

Survivors?[edit]

Have any been preserved or put in museums or are they all scrapped?2600:1700:6841:4980:99B1:6C39:DBE6:3FE6 (talk) 17:12, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]