Westland Walrus   N9500                                              (c/n ?)

                           

                             Some thirty-six of these carrier-borne fleet reconnaissance biplanes were built for the Royal Navy
                             in 1920.  Basically a D.H.9A with a 450 h.p. Napier Lion engine, it was modified with various
                             lumps and bulges.  Consequently, it was not a very handsome machine. Nor, apparently were
                             its flying abilities, being a bit of a brute to fly.   Landings on a carrier must therefore have been
                             interesting, to say the least.   The Lewis machine gun mounted aft of the pilot appears to have
                             been taken off in this Westland photo.