Several Short Sunderland flying boats in their base at Queen's Island, Belfast, 1943. r/WWIIplanes


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The work of Coastal Command is illustrated by this story (published November 1942) of a single (fictional) operation, and of the various ground and flying pe.


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The large, graceful Sunderland was among World War II's best flying boats. Because it bristled with armament, the Germans regarded it as the "Flying Porcupine." The advent of successful Short Empire C-class flying boats in 1933 persuaded the British Air Ministry to consider its adoption for military purposes.


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Developed as a long range maritime reconnaissance flying boat, the Short Sunderland was widely used during the Second World War. New Zealand purchased four Sunderlands in early 1944 for use as transport aircraft but did not receive them until the end of that year.


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The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England .


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The Short S.25 Sunderland is a four-engine maritime patrol / anti-submarine (ASW) flying boat produced by the British manufacturer Short Brothers.The Short Seaford is a version of the Sunderland designed as a maritime patrol bomber for RAF Coastal Command, the initial designation was Sunderland Mark IV. The Short S.25 Sandringham is a civil version of the Sunderland with a capacity of max. 45.


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The flying boat now sprouted 18 guns, the greatest number carried by any regular British military aircraft during the war. The Sunderland had one vulnerable area and that was the belly. Because of the boat design it could not mount a belly turret.


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Shorts Brothers responded to a 1933 specification from the Air Ministry for a general purpose four-engine flying boat, choosing to springboard from the company's work in developing the Empire Class commercial flying boat. By 1939, the four Sunderland squadrons provided RAF Coastal Command's only long-range reconnaissance capability.


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The Sunderland was a derivative of the beautiful and elegant S.23 Empire flying boat, which had provided luxurious and comfortable long-distance travel for the well-heeled British public before the outbreak of the war. The Sunderland was based on the earlier Empire.


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prepared by Emmanuel Gustin To meet requirement R.2/33 of the Air Ministry for a general reconnaissance flying boat, Short developed the S.25 Sunderland from their famous S.23 "Empire" or "C-class" flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways. The S.25 first flew on 16 October 1937.


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Sunderland Flying Boat A surprising encounter on the Chatham Islands is the relatively intact fuselage of the 1945 Sunderland "Short" flying boat, on the very remote farm of Jim and Sally Muirson at Kaiwhata, east of Kiangaroa.


Several Short Sunderland flying boats in their base at Queen's Island, Belfast, 1943. r/WWIIplanes

gaz11h 1.61K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 1.7K 309K views 8 years ago this video aboard the Short Sunderland flying boat was filmed in 2015 at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon not long.


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The Short Sunderland was a British flying boat aircraft crafted for the Royal Air Force pre-WW2 by the Short Brothers. Making its first test flight in 1937, it grew to become one of the most popular flying boat series used during World War II. It was operated by not only the RAF but the RNZAF (New Zealand), RCAF (Canada), RAAF (Australia), the.


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The Sunderland was the last R.A.F. flying boat to be operational. Already in 1940 work was started on a successor of the Sunderland as the S.35 Shetland. Being some 50% larger than the Sunderland it made its first flight on 14 December 1944, but only two prototypes were built; DX166 and DX171. Although one Shetland flew with civil markings as G.


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Imperial Airways had used flying boats during the 1930s to establish long distance air routes using the C class flying boat, deriving out of this came the S.25 flying boat, the Sunderland, designed by Sir Arthur Gouge and built to comply with Specification R.2/33 which the Air Ministry issued on the 23rd November 1933 and revised in March 1936 as R.22/36.


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The Sunderland was produced as a military development of the 'C'-Class Empire flying-boat operated by Imperial Airways. It entered service in June 1938 and was the first British flying boat to have power-operated gun turrets as part of its defensive armament.


R.A.A.F Sunderland Flying boat, moored on Sydney Harbour at Rose Bay in Sydney. 1943. ve

Flying boats such as the PBY Catalina and Short Sunderland played key roles in both the Pacific Theater and the Atlantic of the Second World War.