20110217_8974 Supermarine Seagull
Supermarine Seagull V or Walrus HD-874.
RAAF Museum.
RAAF Williams.
Point Cook.
The Walrus on display, HD874, was delivered to QANTAS, Rose Bay, NSW, from the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in September 1943, and was one of a second batch of Walrus aircraft allocated to No 9 Squadron in December that year. Repaired by QANTAS after an emergency landing at Cairns in June 1944, HD874 was then transferred to No 8 Communications Unit for use as a target-towing aircraft, the conversion to this configuration being completed by November 1944. In March 1945, HD874 was allotted to No 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot at Lake Boga in Victoria, for a 240-hourly servicing and complete re-covering of fabric surfaces.
www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/tech_hang/walr...
20110217_8974 Supermarine Seagull
Supermarine Seagull V or Walrus HD-874.
RAAF Museum.
RAAF Williams.
Point Cook.
The Walrus on display, HD874, was delivered to QANTAS, Rose Bay, NSW, from the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in September 1943, and was one of a second batch of Walrus aircraft allocated to No 9 Squadron in December that year. Repaired by QANTAS after an emergency landing at Cairns in June 1944, HD874 was then transferred to No 8 Communications Unit for use as a target-towing aircraft, the conversion to this configuration being completed by November 1944. In March 1945, HD874 was allotted to No 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot at Lake Boga in Victoria, for a 240-hourly servicing and complete re-covering of fabric surfaces.
www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/tech_hang/walr...