The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NOTABLE FEATS BY BRITISH PLANES - DIFFICULT AND PERILOUS FEATS ARE REGARDED AS MERELY PART OF THE DAY'S WORK FOR MEMBERS OF THE VIGILANT FLEET AIR ARM. IN THE DRAMATIC DRAWING SHOWN ABOVE, DONE BY THE FAMOUS ENGLISH WAR ARTIST, MONTAGUE BLACK, A SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT HAS COME TO THE RESCUE OF DISTRESSED SEAMEN. A LINE HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO A LIFEBOAT LAUNCHED FROM A TORPEDOED SHIP, AND THE PLANE IS TOWING IT ALONG WHILE IT PICKS UP SURVIVORS IN THE VICINITY VIGILANT GUARDIAN OF THE SEAS IS THE FLEET AIR ARM.
Southern England. 1945-01-04. An emergency dinghy carried in the Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 277 (Air Sea Rescue) Squadron RAF. This can be thrown out in case of rough seas to overcro
At sea. c. 1942. A Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 9 (Fleet Co-Operation) Squadron RAAF embarked on the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), HMAS Westralia, landing in rough seas off the NSW coa
At sea, off NSW coast. c. 1942. A Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 9 (Fleet Co-Operation) Squadron RAAF embarked on the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), HMAS Westralia, landing in rough seas
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 Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 9 (Fleet Co-operation) Squadron RAAF just breaking water as it is being hoisted aboard HMAS Westralia.
North Africa. c. 1942. The Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft used by the Air Sea Rescue Service, has machine guns 'fore and aft'.
