Supermarine Walrus

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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W2738

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Takeoff (climb)

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Port Stanley - Port Stanley

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The floatplane departed Port Stanley on a maritime patrol flight. Shortly after takeoff, it suffered an engine failure. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in the harbor of Port Stanley but the airplane bounced twice and eventually came to rest upside down. All occupants escaped uninjured.
Crew:
S/L S. T. David +3.

Probable cause:

Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus I in Colombo

Date & Time: Dec 16, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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L2208

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Colombo

Western Province (மேல் மாகாணம்)

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Sri Lanka

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Asia

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The floatplane crashed upon landing at Colombo-Ratmalana while on a flight from HMS Glasgow. There were no injuries among the crew.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus off Istanbul: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 2, 1941

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Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi)

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Istanbul

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Turkey

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Asia

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The floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Istanbul. At least one crew member was killed.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus I off Kalafrana

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941

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L2182

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The floatplane hit swell while taking off from Kalafrana harbor and nosed over. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus off Istanbul: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1941

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Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi)

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Istanbul-Yeşilköy

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Turkey

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Asia

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The floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Marmara Sea, off the Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport. Both crew members were killed.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus in Port Sudan

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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L2214

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Port Sudan

Red Sea (البحر الأحمر)

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Sudan

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Africa

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Crashed for unknown reasons in the sea off Port Sudan. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus I off Dakar: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1940 at 0916 LT

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L2247

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The floatplane departed HMAS Australia to spot the shell fire during the bombardment of the French fleet at Dakar when it was shot down by the pilot of a Vichy French Curtiss 75 and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George John Isiah Clarke +2.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a Vichy French fighter.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus I in Ploudaniel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1940

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L2312

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Plain, Valley

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Mount Batten - Carantec - Mount Batten

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On 17 June 1940, General De Gaulle left France for England but his wife and children were still in Carantec, Brittany. Due to German troops moving through Brittany, De Gaulle obtained help from Winston Churchill who sent a special aircraft to Carantec to pick up De Gaulle's family. After receiving orders from the Government, Captain Norman Hope joined RAF Mount Batten and transmitted to his crew the goal of this high secret mission. On 18 June 1940, the float plane departed RAF Mount Batten, near Portsmouth, at 0300LT. It arrived over Brittany few hours later and while flying 20 km west from Carantec, it was hit by ground fire, either French or German (undetermined). The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a field when the aircraft impacted a rocky wall and crashed, bursting into flames. All four crew were killed. Nobody was aware of this mission and De Gaulle's family embarked on a ship few hours later to join England.
Crew (15th GC):
Cpt Norman Hope,
Lt John Bell,
Sgt Charles Harris,
Cpl Bernard Nowell.

Probable cause:

Shot down unknown ground fire, French or German.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus in the Malangen Fjord: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1940 at 0150 LT

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P5647

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