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Walrus - Aircraft Profile - : Walrus

Walrus

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Walrus

Walrus Artwork Collection

Ship's Company by Ivan Berryman.

Squadrons for : Walrus

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No.275 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 15th October 1941
Fate : Disbanded 1st September 1959

Non interibunt - They shall not perish

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No.275 Sqn RAF

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No.276 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 21st October 1941
Fate : Disbanded 14th September 1945

Retrieve

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No.276 Sqn RAF

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No.277 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 22nd December 1941
Fate : Disbanded 15th February 1945

Quaerendo servamus - We save by seeking

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No.277 Sqn RAF

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No.278 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 1st October 1941
Fate : Disbanded 14th October 1945

Ex mare ad referiendum - From out of the sea to strike again

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No.278 Sqn RAF

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No.282 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 1st January 1943
Fate : Disbanded 19th July 1945

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No.282 Sqn RAF

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No.284 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 7th May 1943
Fate : Disbanded 1st August 1959

From the deep

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No.284 Sqn RAF

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No.293 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 28th November 1943
Fate : Disbanded 5th April 1946

Ex aere salus - Safely from the air

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No.293 Sqn RAF

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No.294 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 24th September 1943
Fate : Disbanded 8th April 1946

Vita ex undis abrepta - Life snatched from the waves

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No.294 Sqn RAF

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Signatures for : Walrus

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Sqn Ldr Douglas Harcourt
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Sqn Ldr Douglas Harcourt

Joined the navy at H.MS. Ganges in January 1933. He was drafted to H.MS. York in January 1934 before setting sail for the USA and West Indies. Based in Bermuda the ship covered both North and South America coasts as well as north to Canada. H.M S. York returned to England in August 1936. In 1937 Douglas was drafted to H.MS. Sussex; the time of the Spanish Civil War. After this he was sent for pilot training at Rochester. This was followed by Observer training in Sharks at Ford and Sktia drogue towing at Hatston. He was then sent to Lee on Solent on general service before going to Alexandria as Coxswain to carry out inshore mine patrols on a former pleasure cruiser. Douglas then requested to join the RAF and was accepted on to the Air Sea Rescue flight, which became 294 Squadron. He flew Wellingtons, Walrus and Fairchild Amphibian, and was responsible for several rescues. He was commissioned Pilot Officer F/Lt and then taken off operations to Air Headquarters Eastern Med. Then promoted to Sqn. Ldr. as Marine and Air Sea Rescue Officer. Douglas was sent home in March 1945 and posted to RAF Henlow Station. He was demobbed in October 1945.

Flying Officer Maurice Webb DFM
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Flying Officer Maurice Webb DFM

Maurice joined the RAF in 1942, and trained as an observer/ wireless operator/ gunner. In October 1943 he was posted to 235 Squadron based at RAF Portreath, flying Beaufighters attacking shipping and harbour installations. In 1944 he converted to Mosquitos, and joined 248 Squadron, moving on to serve with the Banff Strike Wing until March 1945. He was awarded the DFM in August 1944, and then spent time flying in a RAF Walrus on Air Sea Rescue operations. He had flown with Harold Corbin as his co-pilot / observer from 1943 until the end of the war.

Maurice Webb signing the print A De Havilland Beauty

Maurice Webb signing the print The Mosquito's Sting

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