The Supermarine Walrus (or the Supermarine Seagull V, its original name) is a British single-engine amphibious biplane designed by Supermarine's R. J....
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Air Force (RAF). The Sea Otter was developed as a refinement of the Supermarine Walrus. It was designed to be used for longer range operations, to perform...
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Spitfire). Supermarine also developed the Spiteful and Seafang, the successors of the Spitfire and Seafire, respectively, and the Walrus flying boat...
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early 1930s, when the type was being replaced by the more successful Supermarine Walrus, a number of Seagulls were re-used for civilian purposes. The origins...
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make adjustments to their guns aim to be more accurate. Supermarine Walrus The Supermarine Walrus was a seaplane designed to be operated off battleships...
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an island in Nunavut, Canada Walrus Island, Pribilof Islands, a small island in Alaska, United States Supermarine Walrus, a British amphibious aircraft...
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The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World...
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(K4225), a British carrier-borne spotter-reconnaissance aircraft Supermarine Walrus (K4797), a British single-engine amphibious biplane Fairey Swordfish...
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to Supermarine and Fairey for a catapult-launched, amphibian, reconnaissance and spotter aircraft to replace the Supermarine Walrus and Supermarine Sea...
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£2,141,514; of which the guns cost £75,000 and the aircraft (two Supermarine Walruses) £66,500. She was launched on Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March 1938...
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HMNZS Leander carried one. The aircraft carried were the Fairey Seafox or Supermarine Walrus. Some like HMS Nelson did not use a catapult, and the aircraft was...
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HMS Berwick, HMS Dorsetshire, and HMS Kent. It was re-equipped with Supermarine Walrus amphibious biplane in September 1936, and the last Hawker Osprey III...
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could carry an aircraft and was the first ship to carry a Supermarine Walrus, although both Walruses were lost before the Second World War began. At one time...
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forty-two Supermarine Walrus flying boats, together with eleven Fairey Seafox and twelve Fairey Swordfish floatplanes. On 21 June 1940, a Walrus (P5666)...
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initially a Fairey Seafox (two on Exeter) and later, on Exeter, two Supermarine Walrus. Compared to the Counties, the Yorks saved 1,750 tons in net weight...
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The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter aircraft that was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was developed and manufactured...
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time, on 10 May, HMS Berwick used its aircraft catapult to launch a Supermarine Walrus reconnaissance aircraft. The principal aim of the flight was to scout...
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1700 Naval Air Squadron flew 2 different aircraft types: Supermarine Sea Otter Supermarine Walrus "1700 NAS at the Fleet Air Arm Archive website". Archived...
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R. J. Mitchell (category Supermarine Spitfire)
renamed the Supermarine Walrus. Following the issuance of Air Ministry specification 5/36, Mitchell worked on a redesigned version of the Walrus, which was...
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The Supermarine Scimitar is a single-seat naval strike aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Supermarine. Operated...
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Wildcat V (initially called Martlets) were also carried, as were Supermarine Walrus I amphibians at the end of the war. HMS Ameer was returned to the...
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downed aircrew and Avro Ansons to drop supplies and dinghies. Supermarine Walrus and Supermarine Sea Otter amphibious craft were used to pick up aircrew from...
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crew of 700 Naval Air Squadron, which operated a detachment of six Supermarine Walrus aircraft from a slipway at Cuddy Point in the Grounds. The base was...
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Prince of Wales shortly after she was commissioned, lowering a Supermarine Walrus flying boat over her side....
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and Supermarine Walrus flying boats, and in 1937 these were supplemented by Fairey Seafox floatplanes. By July 1938 it had consolidated on the Walrus as...
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The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept...
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II. Kamov Ka-52K stub wings Short Seamew Argentinian Supermarine Walrus on a cruiser. Supermarine Seafire Fairey Gannet Westland Wyvern Ka-32S at MAKS...
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which just two were built in the late 1940s Supermarine Walrus or Supermarine Seagull V, a British Walrus flying boat that operated during World War II...
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years. Perhaps the last British aircraft to use the mounting was the Supermarine Walrus amphibian prototype. Scarff was also involved in the development of...
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Seafang Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire...
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