Sunderland
Title
Sunderland
Description
A port side flying view of a Sunderland.
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Format
One b/w photograph on an album page
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PThomasAF20080032
Transcription
[Photograph]
Short Sunderland.
A development of the S.23 Empire class civil class flying boats. The first Sunderland flew in October 1937 with Bristol Pegasus XII radial engines, & incorporated the first powered gun turrets to be used in a British Flying Boat. The Sunderland played a major part in the Second World War being used extensively in the North Atlantic on anti-sub work. Altogether 606 were built.
Short Sunderland.
A development of the S.23 Empire class civil class flying boats. The first Sunderland flew in October 1937 with Bristol Pegasus XII radial engines, & incorporated the first powered gun turrets to be used in a British Flying Boat. The Sunderland played a major part in the Second World War being used extensively in the North Atlantic on anti-sub work. Altogether 606 were built.
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“Sunderland,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23298.
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