British Forces

An aircraft which did precious services

The Supermarine Walrus: one of many WW2 airplanes of all belligerents whose the fame was in an unfair manner overshadowed by other perhaps most elegant aircraft as the fighters and the bombers. In reality the Walrus, as other similar airplanes both Allied both Axis, was an ubiquitous aircraft which did precious services in many roles as spotting aircraft, search-and-rescue, mine-reconnaissance… The aircraft of this photo is one of this British amphibian aircrafts parked on airfield at Cape Bon, Tunisia, 1943, and anchored the ground with ropes tied to fuel drums. Notice also the undercarriage's tire wheels protected against the North African sun’s effects by canvas. Victor Sierra