Lamh Foistenach Abu! Could it be an AT-6? Do you have a shot from the side?
Do you have any profile shots?
AT-6 Texan.
Possibly an SBD-3 Dauntless. Sure looks like one (carrier based aircraft typically).
It’s got a float on it, so it may be an Vought OS2U Kingfisher or some such designation.
OS2U-3 Kingfisher
The aircraft in the center head-on is a Vought OS2U Kingfisher. I guarantee it.
With the pontoon in the middle I would say it’s a Vought OS2U Kingfisher. Used by the Navy as a scout aircraft.
Lamh Foistenach Abu! From their Web site, here’s a list of all that they have/display:
http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/objectsondisplay.cfm?view=alpha&type=air&loc=uhc
Looks like a KingFisher that might have been launched from a rail off of a battleship since there appears to only be the single rail pontoon below the fuselage.
I seem to recall seeing one on the fantail of the USS North Carolina when I was a kid. There was a small crane to lift it out of the water on the rear of the NC and other battleships of the same class... (Missouri, Iowa, etc.)
I’m not sure of it’s model number but this airplane was called “The Kingfish’’. It was a scout/reconnaissance/rescue aircraft typically launched off battleships. It did recon, search/rescue and spotted for naval gunfire.
Is it just me, or does it seem to anyone else that the tiny little twin propeller isn’t up to the task of propelling that plane?
http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/cleaveros2u.htm
Good resume of rescue stories involving the Kingfisher as well as a very nice summary of modeling one the way it ought to be done.