
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | K8343 |
Military Code: | 769 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Seagull V |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus |
Aircraft Version: | Supermarine Walrus I |
C/n (msn): | [ K8343 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Vancouver - InternationalMap |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYVR IATA: YVR Local: - Other: - |
Event: | Western Canada Air Show 1937 |
Photo Date: | 31 July 1937 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 138652 |
Photo Comment |
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A Walrus at an airshow on the Candian west coast. K8343 / 769 and K8341 / 780 were on board the British cruiser Exeter which visited Victoria, BC in the summer of 1937. K8343 was probably no longer assigned to the ship at the time of the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939, in which Exeter's aircraft were damaged by shells from Admiral Graf Spee and dumped overboard. Photo by: James Crookall / City of Vancouver Archives This photo was added on 24 April 2019, and has since been viewed 3779 times. |