Boeing/Stearman N2S-3 "Kaydet"
Information:
The Coast Guard acquired 11 N2S-3 aircraft during 1946 (Pearcy reports them as beginning to enter the inventory in 1943) and they were retained in the Coast Guard's inventory until 1947.
Photographs:
None are available.
Sources:
Aircraft History File, U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office.
Arthur Pearcy, U.S. Coast Guard Aircraft Since 1916 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991), pp. 155-157.
Swanborough, Gordon & Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911. (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990), pp.159-161.