from http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=43979

“…with the addition of three ex-RAF Seagull II amphibians, continued on up North for a survey of Papua New Guinea. Interestingly, the three RAF Seagulls, engineless, were acquired at the scrap price of 100 pounds each and were intended to be used as a spares pool. However, they were found to be in such excellent condition that they were re-erected and quickly put into service. The only difference between the Seagull II and Seagull III was the larger radiator in the latter.”

“Former Fleet Air Arm aircraft FP511 delivered to Royal Navy December 1942, 749 squadron “W2R” at Piarco from March 1943″
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Preserved/Goose.html

If it was W-2R – here is a drawing of W-2W
http://www.rebell.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/8/08_AZMO72086_L.jpg

Sorry no wartime service photo but you can find two photos of N95467 with Antilles Air Boats here
http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=The_Saint_(TV_Series)
scroll down to the end

Fantastic photo collection, especially the General Aviation (Clark) GA-43 floatplane, c/n 2205, C-90 “BOLIVAR” in a hangar (operated by SCADTA on river Rio Magdalena, Colombia)

“An Air Mech’s War”
Starting a three-part diary of the wartime career of an Air Mechanic, edited by Alastair Goodrum.
Flypast Magazine, February 1991 Issue

“Flight’s Mech’s War”
Part two of our diary feature – into the jet age.
Flypast Magazine, March 1991 Issue

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http://www.payhost.net/aviation/acatalog/Flypast_April_1991.html

Martin

“Toward the end of the war a B-29 had been converted to carry two 22,000-lb bombs, one under each wing, for use against Japan.”
The Extra-Super Blockbuster by Dr. William S. Coker
Air University Review, March-April 1967

Second attempt – maybe there is trace of your Mosquitos in Keflavik
http://www.3bktj.co.uk/wood10.htm

The First Jet Crossing of the Atlantic (1948) Odiham-Stornoway-Keflavik-Bluie West 1-Goose Bay-Trenton
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The support aircraft required for the trip were to be as follows:
a) Three de Havilland Mosquitos. One was to act as the convoy leader and as the navigation aircraft. The second was to be shepherd to the Vampires and a back-up navigator. The third, as previously mentioned, was to provide meteor- ological information on the route, recorded at least two hours in advance of the convoy.

The plate is probably an ownership plate rather than a data plate, these would be changed if the owner of the aircraft changed.If it’s a leased aircraft there is usually a statement to the effect that one company owns the aircraft and is leased to another company. Also quite common to see a multitude of owner/mortgage plates on engines.
Regards
Dave

Thanks for the info – but now the plate is sold for £56,00 …

Martin