A Vought OS2U Kingfisher lands and flips near Okinawa, April 1945

A Vought OS2U Kingfisher lands near USS North Carolina (BB-55) to be recovered but flips in the rough seas off Okinawa.
Recorded on April 18, 1945.
catalog.archives.gov/id/2518991

[@Peorhum]

Looks to me the float was damaged, maybe from battle damage, and became flooded and flipped the plane.

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

I would rather say it was The hard landing that caused The main pontoon to break. Seems like he put it down right onto a incoming Wave, unlucky