The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
RICHMOND, NSW. 1937. A VICKERS ARMSTRONG SUPERMARINE SEAGULL AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 SQUADRON RAAF. THE AIRCRAFT WERE USED FOR AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE WORK BY THE NAVY CO-OPERATION SQUADRONS AND ONE OF THESE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRIED ON EACH OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY CRUISERS FROM WHICH THEY WERE LAUNCHED BY A COMPRESSED AIR CATAPULT. THE MAINPLANES OF THESE AIRCRAFT WERE HINGED AT THE CENTRE SECTION AND COULD BE FOLDED FOR EASY STORAGE ON THE CRUISERS. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT FOR USE ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER, HMAS "ALBATROSS". THEY ARE A SINGLE ENGINE PUSHER TYPE BIPLANE, POWERED BY ONE BRISTOL, "PEGASUS" VI MOTOR. TYPE DESIGNATION A2.
LAVERTON, VIC. 1940. A2-6, A VICKERS ARMSTRONG SUPERMARINE, SEAGULL AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. THESE AIRCRAFT ARE USED FOR NAVY CO-OPERATION WORK AND ONE AIRCRAFT IS CARRIE
A Supermarine Seagull V aircraft, serial number A2-2, being launched from a catapult on the port side of a Kent class cruiser. Some of the ship's company gather near the platform to observe the flight
Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 276 (AIR SEA RESCUE) Squadron RAF. Initial RAAF order was for 24 aircraft known as the Seagull V, later supplemented during the Second World War by a furth
A VICKERS SUPERMARINE SEAGULL MARK III AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF 101 FLEET CO-OPERATION FLIGHT, RAAF, BEING HOISTED ON SEAPLANE CARRIER HMAS ALBATROSS. THE AIRCRAFT WERE HOISTED ON TO THE WATER BY CRANE A
C.1939. A SUPERMARINE SEAGULL V AIRCRAFT (A2-1) IMMEDIATELY AFTER LAUNCHING FROM THE CATAPULT OF THE CRUISER HMAS CANBERRA. THE CRUISER HMAS ADELAIDE IS IN THE BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION
SYDNEY HARBOUR, NSW. C.1939. A VICKERS SUPERMARINE SEAGULL V (A2-18) AIRCRAFT LIFTING OFF FROM THE CATAPULT TROLLEY AS IT IS CATAPULTED FROM THE CRUISER, HMAS AUSTRALIA. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
