Scarce* Handmade WWII Air Observer Corps (A.O.C) Aircraft Recognition/Training Aid ‘Supermarine Walrus Flying Boat’. 21723. Scarce* Handmade WWII Air Observer Corps (A.O.C) Aircraft Recognition/Training Aid ‘Supermarine Walrus Flying Boat’. 21723. Antiques & Militaria

This is a very rare model/silhouette of a ‘Supermarine Walrus Flying Boat’ (The Supermarine Walrus (or the Supermarine Seagull V, its original name) was a British single-engine amphibious biplane designed by Supermarine's R. J. Mitchell at their works at Woolston, Southampton. Primarily used as a maritime patrol aircraft, it was the first British squadron-service aircraft to incorporate an undercarriage that was fully retractable, crew accommodation that was enclosed, and a fuselage completely made of metal) used by the Air Observer Corps during WWII as a training aid/detection tool to train and inform members of the A.O.C. in identifying and reporting aircraft during the defence of Britain from 1925 (The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain. It operated in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down (ROC headquarters staff at RAF Bentley Priory stood down on 31 March 1996). Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force (RAF) style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office. Civilian volunteers were trained and administered by a small cadre of professional full-time officers under the command of the Commandant Royal Observer Corps; latterly a serving RAF Air Commodore). Measuring; 20 cm (wingspan) 17 cm in length and 6cm in height. Made from a very lightweight softwood and painted matt black the model/silhouette shows very intricate detail and is undamaged. The price includes UK delivery. 21723.