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I was trying to explain the walrus and the fairy meme to my friend who does not use tumblr and this was her response:
Please picture that as a full size Supermarine Walrus aircraft and not a piddly one - I was attempting to edit and send this to the aforementioned friend before my train lost internet at Westminster. It’s far away, not small.
#I mean. I did the edit but she requested I do so in spirit of the meme#and because she found it hilarious to imagine#seth says#walrus and fairy#supermarine walrus aircraft#Supermarine walrus#ww2 planes#I’m not interested in planes but the way they launched these off ships is so cool to me#steam pigeon my beloved
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Supermarine “Walrus”& pilot, Captain James Hara 290 Sqn. RAF, a liaison aircraft of the 57 fighter group of the USAF in Italy.
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A British Supermarine Walrus seaplane takes off from the deck of HMS Warspite as it heads out on a U-boat patrol just off the coast of the Seychelles - date unknown. A British aircraft carrier can be seen in the background
#world war two#1940s#worldwar2photos#history#ww2#ww2 history#wwii#world war 2#wwii era#ww2history#hms warspite#walrus#Supermarine#seaplane#royal navy
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An elephant pulling a Supermarine Walrus aircraft into position at a Fleet Air Arm station in India, June 1944
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Supermarine Walrus. Aboard deck
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Supermarine Walrus by Willard Womack Via Flickr: This was the primary air--sea rescue plane used by the RAF to pick up men from the English Channel.
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Turkish Supermarine Walrus.
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Supermarine Walrus Mk I at Felixstowe.
IWM
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American battleship USS Washington escorting a convoy to Russia alongside British warships. Above Washington, a Supermarine Walrus from HMS Duke of York is visible.
May, 1942
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“British pilot rescued after Pacific action. June 1945, on board a carrier of the British Pacific Fleet operating against the Japanese. A British naval pilot who was shot down close inshore was rescued by a Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft which landed under the guns of Japanese coastal batteries, picked up the Avenger pilot and returned him to the deck of the carrier.”
(IWM: A 29813, A 29719)
#Military#History#Supermarine Walrus#Flying boat#Aircraft#Aircraft carrier#Royal Navy#British Pacific Fleet#WWII#WW2#Pacific War#World War II
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Supermarine “Walrus”& pilot, Captain James Hara 290 Sqn. RAF, a liaison aircraft of the 57 fighter group of the USAF in Italy.
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A 1933 Supermarine Walrus. The Walrus was a reliable general purpose amphibian aircraft.
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• Battle of Hong Kong
The Battle of Hong Kong, also known as the Defence of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong Kong. The Hong Kong garrison consisted of British, Indian and Canadian units besides Chinese soldiers and conscripts from both within and outside Hong Kong.
Britain first thought of Japan as a threat with the ending of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in the early 1920s, a threat that increased throughout the 1930s with the escalation of the Second Sino-Japanese War. On October 21st, 1938 the Japanese occupied Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong was surrounded. By 1940, the British determined to reduce the Hong Kong Garrison to only a symbolic size. Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Far East Command argued that limited reinforcements could allow the garrison to delay a Japanese attack, gaining time elsewhere. In September 1941, they reversed their decision and argued that additional reinforcements would provide a military deterrent against the Japanese and reassure Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek that Britain was serious about defending the colony.
The British military in Hong Kong grossly underestimated the capabilities of the Japanese forces and downplayed assessments that the Japanese posed a serious threat as 'unpatriotic' and 'insubordinate'. The Japanese attack began shortly after 08:00 on December 8th, 1941 (Hong Kong Time), four hours after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Commanded by Major-General Christopher Maltby, British, Canadian, Indian, as well as the local Hong Kong Chinese Regiment, and the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, resisted the Japanese attack by the Japanese 21st, 23rd and the 38th Regiments, but were outnumbered nearly four to one and lacked their opponents' recent combat experience.
The RAF station at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport (RAF Kai Tak) had only five aeroplanes: two Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft and three Vickers Vildebeest torpedo-reconnaissance bombers. Hong Kong also lacked adequate naval defences. Three destroyers were to withdraw to Singapore Naval Base. The Japanese bombed Kai Tak Airport on December 8th. Two of the three Vildebeest and the two Walruses were destroyed by 12 Japanese bombers. Two of the Royal Navy's three remaining destroyers were ordered to leave Hong Kong for Singapore. Only one destroyer, HMS Thracian, several gunboats and a flotilla of motor torpedo boats remained. The Japanese 38th Infantry Division under the command of Major General Takaishi Sakai quickly forded the Sham Chun River over temporary bridges.
Maltby organised the defence of the island, splitting it between an East Brigade and a West Brigade. On December 15th, the Japanese began systematic bombardment of the island's North Shore. Two demands for surrender were made on the 13th and 17th of December. When these were rejected, Japanese forces crossed the harbour on the evening of December 18th and landed on the island's north-east. They suffered only light casualties, although no effective command could be maintained until the dawn came. That night, approximately 20 Commonwealth gunners were executed at the Sai Wan Battery despite having surrendered.There was a further massacre of prisoners, this time of medical staff,in the Salesian Mission on Chai Wan Road. In both cases, a few men survived.
On the morning of December 19th, fierce fighting continued on Hong Kong Island but the Japanese annihilated the headquarters of West Brigade, A British counter-attack could not force them from the Wong Nai Chung Gap that secured the passage between the north coast at Causeway Bay and the secluded southern parts of the island. From December 20th, the island became split in two with the British Commonwealth forces still holding out around the Stanley peninsula and in the west of the island. By the afternoon of December 25th, 1941, it was clear that further resistance would be futile and British colonial officials headed by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Aitchison Young, surrendered in person at the Japanese headquarters on the third floor of the Peninsula Hong Kong Hotel. The garrison had held out for 17 days. This day is known in Hong Kong as "Black Christmas".
The Japanese had at least 1,895 men killed of an estimated 6,000 casualties. Allied casualties were 1,111 men killed, 1,167 missing and 1,362 wounded. Allied dead, including British, Canadian and Indian soldiers, were eventually interred at Sai Wan Military Cemetery and the Stanley Military Cemetery. At the end of February 1942, The Japanese government stated that numbers of prisoners of war in Hong Kong were: British 5,072, Canadian 1,689, Indian 3,829, others 357, a total of 10,947.
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Supermarine Walrus. HMS Rodney. Operation Torch. 1942. Note the British roundels on the top wing have been painted over and on the hull is an American white star
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Supermarine Walrus by Willard Womack Via Flickr: At Korba,Cape Bon,Tunisia, 1943. If you ended up in the English Chanel or in the Mediterranean Sea, this may be what comes to pick you up. If not this the British also had rescue boats.
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