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Aircraft · United Kingdom · 1936-1945

Supermarine Walrus

amphibious biplane / air-sea rescue

A pusher-engined amphibious biplane catapulted from battleships and cruisers for gunnery spotting, the ungainly 'Shagbat' became better known for air-sea rescue work, plucking hundreds of downed airmen from the Channel and Mediterranean, including on occasion enemy aircrew as well as Allied.

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crew3-4
top speed217 km/h
armament2x .303in machine guns
produced746

Battle of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and North Africa, Western Europe

HMS Bermuda aircraft (cropped)
HMS Bermuda aircraft (cropped)Royal Navy official photographer William Berwick Reid · Public domain · source
A Supermarine Seagull V amphibian aircraft, serial number A2-7, of No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF embarked on the modified Leander class cruiser HMAS Hobart of the RAN being positioned on the catapult fitted to
A Supermarine Seagull V amphibian aircraft, serial number A2-7, of No. 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF embarked on the modified Leander class cruiser HMAS Hobart of the RAN being positioned on the catapult fitted to Australian government (military) photographer. · Public domain · source
Supermarine Walrus II at the Royal Australian Air Force Museum, Point Cook, VIC.,Australia,23/11/14.
Supermarine Walrus II at the Royal Australian Air Force Museum, Point Cook, VIC.,Australia,23/11/14.Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source