the Vickers Supermarine Walrus (affectionately called the Shagboat) was designed for use by the RAF to locate and rescue airmen forced down at sea. CF-GKA the only example ever flown civilly in Canada was used by Kenting Aviation to ferry geoligists about Newfoundland and Labrador in the late '40's. Our reproduction is from a slide shown by Smitty Smith (story on P 134) at the 1993 CAHS Regina Convention.

Vickers Supermarine Walrus CF-GKA ("Putsi-Putsi") of Kenting Aviation. Probably at Oshawa in the late '40's.
Via JOHN "SMITTY" SMITH

The Vickers Supermarine Walrus (affectionately called the Shagboat) was designed for use by the RAF to locate and rescue airmen forced down at sea. 

Journal Winter 1995