Once More into the Breach - a Walrus to the rescue

Humorous illustration by E.G Oakley-Beuttler depicting the air-sea rescue by a Shagbat amphibious biplane(known as a Walrus) over the North Sea during World War Two. On locating eight men adrift in a dingy, the plane came down on to the sea, and took them all aboard. Too heavy to take off in rough seas, the pilot taxied for over sixty miles to port

Amphibious Breach Dingy Feb16 Oakley Walrus

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