These photos were
taken at the Royal Australian Air Force Museum, Point Cook, Victoria,
Australia on multiple visits.
In 1947 the aircraft
depicted here, Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus Mk. II) HD-874, was painted all
over yellow and issued, by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), to the Department
of External Affairs for their Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
(ANARE). It only flew one survey mission before being wrecked on Heard Island
by an Antarctic storm. It remained there until 1980, when it was salvaged by
the RAAF and returned to Point Cook RAAF base for storage until restoration
by a group of volunteers began in 1993.
Restoration
finished this aircraft is on display at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook and is one
of only four survivors of the type in the world.