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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art and Artists Inter War Period Aircraft  Walrus |
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Ship's Company by Ivan Berryman. Developed from the Supermarine Seagull, the Walrus was to prove itself a useful and capable workhorse in almost every theatre of the Second World War. Here, HMS Rodney despatches her Shagbat from the catapult atop C turret. |
| Walrus Pilot and aircrew signature details |
Sqn Ldr Douglas Harcourt Our estimated value of this signature : £25 | 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 Our estimated value of this signature : £40 Died : 2018 | 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. |
| Walrus Squadron details |
No.270 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 30th June 1945 | No.270 Sqn RAF |
No.275 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 1st September 1959 Known Codes : , PV, | No.275 Sqn RAF Non interibunt - They shall not perish |
No.276 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 14th September 1945 Known Codes : , AQ, TQ, | No.276 Sqn RAF Retrieve |
No.277 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 15th February 1945 Known Codes : , BA, | No.277 Sqn RAF Quaerendo servamus - We save by seeking |
No.278 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 14th October 1945 Known Codes : , MV, MY, | No.278 Sqn RAF Ex mare ad referiendum - From out of the sea to strike again |
No.282 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 19th July 1945 Known Codes : , B4, FG, | No.282 Sqn RAF |
No.284 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 1st August 1959 Known Codes : , ZC, | No.284 Sqn RAF From the deep |
No.293 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 5th April 1946 Known Codes : , ZE, | No.293 Sqn RAF Ex aere salus - Safely from the air |
No.294 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 8th April 1946 | No.294 Sqn RAF Vita ex undis abrepta - Life snatched from the waves |
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