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Help identify floats at NEAM, good size.... :?

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The curve of the keel and where the beaching gear mounts to it makes me want to say Vought OS2U Kingfisher.

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But there were two... :?

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There were nearby.... pop2

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The broad chord struts of the wing floats seen in the last photo look vaguely foreign. I don't know of Any American type that had those kind of struts.
Any chance they were Japanese?

As far as the large main floats...Northrop Nomad?

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Now that I see the top of the main floats they aren't Kingfisher floats. Or N3N or SOC floats. If the two main floats are a set then they are unrelated to the outrigger floats as outriggers are only used on single float seaplanes or boats, and there appears to be at lease two types of outriggers anyway. Interesting pile of stuff.

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At least for the main floats, Curtiss Seamew?
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The third photo looks like a tip float from a Grumman Albatross.

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They have one there.... :wink:

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phil65 wrote:
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I think this one is a PBM Mariner tip float.

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On to what this is/from...?

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The sad remains of a Dalek Shock Trooper... :?

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I believe the long floats are for a Curtiss SOC3. I seem to recall they were acquired years ago to perhaps help with the restoration of NEAM's OS2U Kingfisher. The Kingfisher went to Yanks at Chino back in the 90's and may even be Downunder being rebuilt, but I think the SOC floats were not part of the deal.
I'm not sure, but that turret has been around a long time and it might be a manned turret for the B-36 or B-32. Can't remember exactly.
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phil65 wrote:
On to what this is/from...?

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Turret appears to be an Aero 14...built by Emerson Electric...mounted twin 20mm.



Pic is of P2V-7 BuNo 135568 mounting similar:


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NEAM did have a Neptune back in the day... :?

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