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accuracy. Attempting to shoot down Allied aircraft did, however, prolong the U-boat's presence on the surface, which made sinking the vessel easier. Nonetheless, fitting of substantial arrays of anti-aircraft guns temporarily decreased U-boat losses while both Allied aircraft and shipping losses rose. As a countermeasure to the increased defensive armament of the U-boats, the Australians fitted their aircraft in the field with an additional four .303s (7.7 mm) in fixed mounts in the nose, allowing the pilot to add fire while diving on the submarine before bomb release. Most aircraft were similarly modified. The addition of single .50 inch (12.7 mm) flexibly mounted
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the hull. A standard stocked anchor was stowed in the forward compartment alongside the anchor winch. Depending on the operating area, a number of different kinds of anchor could be carried to cope with different anchorages. Another means of direction control on the water was by application of the rudder and aileron flight controls. The ailerons would cause asymmetric lift from the airflow and, ultimately, drop a float into the water to cause drag on that wing. The pilots could vary engine power to control the direction and speed of the aircraft on the water. In adverse combinations of tide, wind, and destination, this could be very difficult.
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craft lost airspeed after landing crew members would go out onto the opposite wing, to keep the remaining float in the water until the aircraft could reach its mooring. Marine growths on the hull were a problem; the resulting drag could be enough to prevent a fully loaded aircraft from gaining enough speed to become airborne. The aircraft could be taken to a freshwater mooring for sufficient time to kill off the fauna and flora growing on the bottom, which would then be washed away during takeoff runs. The alternative was to scrub it off, either in the water or on land.
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the hatches. Operation of the drogues could be a very dangerous exercise if the aircraft was travelling on the water at speed or in strong currents, because the approximately three-foot-diameter (one-metre) drogue would haul up on its five-tonne attachment cable end inside the galley very sharply and powerfully. Once deployed, it was normally impossible to recover a drogue unless the aircraft was stationary relative to the local tidal flow.
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of water to sink the aircraft. During the Second World War, a number of severely damaged aircraft were deliberately landed on grass airfields ashore. In at least one case, an aircraft that made a grass landing was repaired to fly again. On the Sunderland Mk V, fuel could be dumped from retractable pipes that extended from the hull and were attached to the bomb room side of the galley aft
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inboard and either lowered to stowages on the floor or prepared for use on the retracted racks above the stowed items. The doors were spring-loaded to pop inwards from their frames and would fall under gravity so that the racks could run out through the space left in the top of the compartment. The bombs could be released locally or remotely from the pilot's position during a bomb run.
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III's life there were a large number of almost continuous improvements made, including the ASV Mk IIIA and four more machine guns in a fixed position in the wall of the forward fuselage just behind the turret (developed on RAAF aircraft first) with a simple bead and ring sight for the pilot. Sunderlands with upgraded ASV Mk III equipment were designated Mk IIIA.
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later, being two Browning machine guns. The nose weapons were later augmented by four fixed guns, two each side, in the forward fuselage that were fired by the pilot. Much later, a twin-gun turret was to be dorsal-mounted on the upper fuselage, about level with the wing trailing edge, bringing the total defensive armament up to 16 machine guns.
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quality of the heat treatment process). The heads would pop off from stress corrosion, allowing seawater to leak into the bilges. The only option was to haul the aircraft out onto the "hard" and replace them, usually at the cost of many additional heads breaking off from the vibration of the riveting.
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propellers provided greater performance with no real penalty in range. In particular, a Twin Wasp Sunderland could stay airborne if two engines were knocked out on the same wing while, in similar circumstances, a standard Mark III would steadily lose altitude. Production was switched to the Twin Wasp
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passive receivers the ASV Mk II radar gave away the presence of aircraft and the number of sightings diminished drastically. The RAF response was to upgrade to the ASV Mk III, which operated in the 10 cm band, with antennas that could be faired into fewer more streamlined blisters. During the Mk
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The tail turret was changed to an FN.4A turret that retained the four .303 guns of its predecessor but provided twice the ammunition capacity with 1,000 rounds per gun. Late production Mark IIs also had an FN.7 dorsal turret, mounted offset to the right just behind the wings and fitted with twin .303
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radar was introduced in early 1943, which operated in the centimetric band and used antennas mounted in blisters under the wings outboard of the floats, instead of the cluttered stickleback aerials. Sunderland Mark IIIs fitted with ASV Mark III were called Sunderland Mark IIIAs. Centimetric radar was
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Aircraft with lower hull damage were patched or had the holes filled with any materials to hand before landing. The aircraft would then be immediately put onto a slipway with its wheeled beaching gear or beached on a sandy shore before it could sink. More than two fuselage compartments had to be full
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Despite the 14-hour-long patrols expected of their crews, early Sunderland gunners were provided with only 500 rounds of ammunition each. Later 1,000 round ammunition boxes were installed in the turrets. The beam hatch guns were removed from Mk II aircraft but Mk IIIs and then Mk Is gained much more
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The Mark III turned out to be the definitive Sunderland variant, with 461 built. Most were built by Shorts at Rochester and Belfast, a further 35 at a new (but temporary) Shorts plant at White Cross Bay, Windermere; while 170 were built by Blackburn Aircraft. The Sunderland Mark III proved to be one
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and several other crew members also received medals. They claimed three Ju 88s destroyed. (With the exception of Walker, the crew returned to operations in a new "N for Nuts", which was lost over the Bay of Biscay two months later, in an attack by six Ju 88s. On 2 June 2013, a memorial was dedicated
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The Short S.25 Sunderland was a large four-engined flying boat developed for military use. The design of the S.25 shared much in common with the civil-orientated S.23, principally differing in its use of a deeper hull profile. As with the S.23, the interior of the Sunderland's fuselage contained two
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During the early 1930s, there was intense international competition to develop suitable aircraft to operate new long-range intercontinental passenger service between the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Germany. It was recognised that the United Kingdom had no existing equivalent to the
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in Auckland, New Zealand. The interior and cockpit having been extensively restored and hull repairs some reskinning having taken place to airworthy standards and the exterior repainted in NZ4115's later RNZAF maritime scheme Q for Quebec is now displayed inside the MOTAT Aviation Display Hall with
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engines, better defensive armament and other enhancements. The new Sunderland was intended for service in the Pacific. Although initially developed and two prototypes built as the "Sunderland Mark IV" it was different enough from the Sunderland line to be given a different name, the S.45 "Seaford".
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During its service, the Sunderland Mark I received various improvements. The nose turret was upgraded with a second .303 (7.7 mm) gun. New propellers together with pneumatic rubber wing de-icing boots were also fitted. Although the .303 guns lacked range and hitting power, the Sunderland had a
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At the outbreak of the Second World War, on 3 September 1939, 39 Sunderlands were in service with the RAF. Although British anti-submarine efforts were disorganised and ineffectual at first, Sunderlands quickly proved useful in the rescue of the crews from torpedoed ships. On 21 September 1939, two
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A large float mounted under each wing maintained stability on water. With no wind, the float on the heavier side was always in the water; with some wind, the aircraft could be held using the ailerons with both floats out of the water. In the event of a float being broken off for some reason, as the
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that was used where there was a full passenger service mooring alongside a wharf or similar. This door could also be used to accept passengers or stretcher-bound patients when the aircraft was in the open water; this was because the engines had to be kept running to maintain the aircraft's position
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flight which affirmed the basic principles of the S.25's design while the crucial final design conference was held around the same time as the flight. The competitive fly-off was abandoned after the sole A.33 was destroyed due to a structural failure, resulting in the S.25 being the only candidate.
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The release of Specification R.2/33 had been in advance of the publication of the commercial Imperial Airways requirement; by the time that Short received Imperial Airways' priority request, the company had already started planning the design of the prospective military flying boat. After reviewing
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Flight Lieutenant Colin Walker and Pilot Officer W. J. Dowling, pilots; J. C. Amiss; Flying Officer (F/O) K. McD. Simpson, navigator; Sergeant E. C. E. Miles (RAF; killed in action) and Sergeant P. K. Turner, engineers; Flt Sgt E. A. Fuller (RAF) and Flt Sgt S. F. Miller wireless operators; Sgt A.
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until 1974. Currently it is the last four-engined passenger flying boat to have crossed a major ocean, although it is reported to be maintained in airworthy condition it has not been flown since 1996 and remained on display in the museum's main hangar for a majority of the 2000s occasionally being
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At the war's end BOAC obtained more Mark IIIs and gradually came up with better accommodation for its passengers, in three configurations. Bench seats were removed, and civil-standard seating installed: The H.1 configuration had 16 seats on one deck, while the H.2 had an additional promenade deck,
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meant that additional weapons could be carried on the floor of the bomb room in wooden restraints, along with ammunition boxes of 10 and 25 lb (5 and 11 kg) anti-personnel bombs that could be hand launched from various hatches to harass U-boat crews otherwise manning the twin 37 and dual
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Maintenance was performed on the engines by opening panels in the leading edge of the wing either side of the powerplant. A plank could be fitted across the front of the engine on the extensions of the open panels. A small manually started auxiliary petrol engine, which was fitted into the leading
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Normally, the weapons were either bombs or depth charges and the racks were limited to a maximum of 1,000 lb (450 kg) each. After the first salvo was dropped, the crew had to get the next eight weapons loaded before the pilot had the aircraft positioned on the next bombing run. The fixed
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Portable beaching gear could be attached by ground crew so that the aircraft could be pulled up on land. The gear consisted of a pair of two-wheeled struts that could be attached to either side of the fuselage, below the wing, with a two- or four-wheel trolley and towbar attached under the rear of
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that could be used to turn the aircraft or maintain its crosswind progress (by deploying the drogue on one side only), or to slow forward motion as much as possible (both deployed). When not in use, the drogues were hand hauled back inboard, folded, and stowed in wall-mounted containers just below
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Browning machine guns in the extreme tail and a pair of manually-operated .303 set on either side of the fuselage, firing from ports just below and behind the wings. These machine guns were later upgraded to 0.5-inch calibre Brownings. There were two different nose turret weapons, the most common,
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Testing showed that the aircraft could be fully refueled in 20 minutes, and that its most economical cruising speed was about 130 kn (150 mph; 240 km/h) at 2,000 ft (600 m). At this speed and altitude, a consumption rate of 110 imperial gallons per hour (500 L/h) gave
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The next Ju 88 that attacked was hit by fire from the dorsal and nose turrets, and appeared to have been shot down. By this time, one crew member on the Sunderland had been mortally wounded and most of the others were wounded to varying degrees, while the aircraft's radio gear had been destroyed,
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The Germans responded to Sunderland attacks by fitting some U-boats with one or two 37 mm and twin quad 20 mm flak guns to fire back at their attackers. While Sunderlands could suppress flak to an extent with their nose turret guns, the U-boats guns had superior range, hitting power and
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and with engine driven or hand powered pumps. At regular moorings, there would be specially designed refuelling barges to do the job, normally manned by trained marine crew. These vessels could refuel many aircraft during the course of the day. Handling of the fuel nozzles and opening/closing the
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Production quickly changed in December 1941 to the Sunderland Mark III, which featured a revised hull configuration which had been tested on a Mark I the previous June. This modification improved seaworthiness, which had suffered as the weight of the Sunderland increased with new marks and field
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The Sunderland had difficulty in landing and taking off from rough water, but, other than in the open sea, it could be handled onto and off a short chop, by a skilled pilot. Many rescues were made, early in the war, of crews that were in the Channel having abandoned or ditched their aircraft, or
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pump for clearing water and other fluids from the fuselage bilges and a fuel pump for refuelling. Generally, the aircraft were reasonably water tight, and two people manually operating a wobble pump could transfer fuel faster than the auxiliary pump. In sheltered moorings or at sea, fuelling was
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During April 1936, the Air Ministry was sufficiently confident in Shorts' submission that a development contract for an initial batch of 11 further S.25 boats was issued to the company. On 4 July 1936, the first of the Empire flying boats to be built, G-ADHL, named 'Canopus', conducted its first
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monoplane configuration, similar to the Short Empire that had been ordered at the same time. The military flying boat design received the internal designation of S.25. While the S.25 design bore a strong resemblance to the civil S.23, it featured an improved aerodynamic form, and sheetmetal with
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Airframe repairs were either effected from the inside or delayed until the aircraft was in a sheltered mooring or beached. One serious problem that beset the aircraft was that the heat-treated rivets in the hull plates were susceptible to corrosion after a period in salt water (depending on the
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Bombs were loaded in through the "bomb doors" that formed the upper half walls of the bomb room on both sides. The bomb racks were able to run in and out from the bomb room on tracks in the underside of the wing. In order to load them, weapons were hoisted up to the extended racks that were run
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A total of 155 Sunderland Mark Vs were built with another 33 Mark IIIs converted to Mark V specification. With the end of the war, large contracts for the Sunderland were cancelled and the last of these flying boats was delivered in June 1946, with a total production of 777 aircraft completed.
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As radar detection became more effective there were more night patrols to catch U-boats on the surface charging their batteries. Attacking in the dark was a problem that was solved by carrying one inch (25.4 mm), electrically initiated flares and dropping them out of the rear chute of the
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The next production version was the Sunderland Mark V, which evolved out of crew concerns over the lack of power of the Pegasus engines. The weight creep (partly due to the addition of radar) that afflicted the Sunderland had resulted in running the Pegasus engines at combat power as a normal
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winch, and a small machine shop for performing inflight repairs. The crew was originally intended to total seven members; this was subsequently increased for later versions of the Sunderland to around 11 crew members and sometimes greater, dependent upon the specific mission being undertaken.
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nose guns (introduced when in service with Australian units) were removed when the aircraft was on the water and stowed in the gun room just aft of the bow compartment. The toilet was in the right half of this same compartment and stairs from the cockpit to the bow area divided the two.
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for the approaching vessel and the front door was too close to the left inboard propeller. Normal access to the external upper parts of the aircraft was through the astrodome hatch at the front of the front spar of the wing centre section, just at the rear of the navigator's station.
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from both sides, scoring hits and disabling one engine, while the pilots fought fires and took the Sunderland through corkscrew manoeuvres. On a third pass, the dorsal turret gunner badly damaged or shot down a Ju 88, although the Sunderland's rear gunner was knocked unconscious.
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As with all water-based aircraft, there was a need to be able to navigate on water and to control the craft up to and at a mooring. In addition to the standard navigation lights, there was also a demountable mooring mast that was positioned on the upper fuselage just aft of the
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had been added to new hatches that were inserted into the upper sides of the fuselage just aft of the wing, with appropriate slipstream deflectors. A second gun was added to the nose turret. New constant speed propellers and deicing boots were installed as well during 1940.
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version and the first Mark V reached operational units in February 1945. Defensive armament fits were similar to those of the Mark III, but the Mark V was equipped with new centimetric ASV Mark VI C radar that had been used on some of the last production Mark IIIs as well.
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announced a competition to design and manufacture a fleet of 28 large flying boats, each weighing 18 long tons (18 tonnes) and having a range of 700 mi (1,100 km) with a capacity for 24 passengers. A corresponding contract was issued to Short Brothers of
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to get the crossing close enough but not too close. Because it was expected that some takeoffs would be protracted affairs, often the crews were not very careful to keep within maximum all-up weight limitations, and getting airborne just took a little longer.
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into a more reasonable position in relation to the new centre of gravity. This left the engines and wing floats canted out from the aircraft's centreline. Although the wing loading was much higher than that of any previous Royal Air Force flying boat, a new
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and Harold Piper, the initial flight lasted for around 45 minutes; later that day, a second flight of a similar duration was performed. Parker later declared his satisfaction with the basic design. Prior to the first flight, the type had received the name
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was attacked from behind, another Ju 88 was badly damaged and left the fight. The remaining Ju 88s continued to attack and the front gunner damaged one of these, setting its engines on fire. Two more Ju 88s were also damaged and the Germans disengaged.
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doors to keep them watertight to about two feet (610 mm) above normal water level; these doors were normally kept closed. There was another external door in the tail compartment on the right side. This door was intended for boarding from a Braby
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FN.11 nose turret, four in an FN.4a tail turret (which doubled the ammunition capacity of the earlier FN.13), and two in an optional FN.7 dorsal turret which replaced the flexible guns fired from open dorsal/beam hatches in the
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A mooring compartment was situated in the nose of the Sunderland, containing anchor, winch, boat-hook and ladder. The front turret was designed to slide back, enabling the crew to secure the aircraft to a buoy, as demonstrated
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On 21 April 1938, the first Sunderland Mark 1 of the development batch conducted its first flight. By this point, manufacturer testing of the prototype had already been completed and the prototype had been transferred to the
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The Sunderland was usually entered through the bow compartment door on the left forward side of the aircraft. The internal compartments—bow, gun room, ward room, galley, bomb room and the after compartments—were fitted with
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on top of the rear fuselage, two rows of four smaller aerials on either side of the fuselage beneath the stickleback antennas, and a single receiving aerial mounted under each wing outboard of the float and angled outward.
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fighters; during the engagement, it shot one down, damaged another enough to cause it to retreat and later perform a forced landing and drove off the rest. The Germans are reputed to have nicknamed the Sunderland the
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initially with No. 88 Squadron but shortly followed by Nos. 205 and 209 Squadrons. The three squadrons shared the operational task equally with rotational detachments of three or four aircraft and crews based at
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in the tail position was also adopted at the same time. The tail turret was also changed to a powered version; Gouge therefore had to devise a solution to account for the resulting movement aft of the aircraft's
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of 4° 15' was achieved via the addition of a spacer into the front spar attachments. This design change, which had been made to account for the changes in defensive armament, repositioned the flying boat's
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While the Empire flying boat has often been credited as a predecessor of the Sunderland, according to aviation author Geoffrey Norris, this impression "is not strictly true". During November 1933, the British
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hatch with a 360-degree white light to show that the aircraft was moored. The crewmembers were trained in common marine signals for watercraft to ensure safety in busy waters. The craft could be moored to a
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under the forward fuselage. When the craft was off the buoy, the forward end of the pendant was attached to the front of the hull just below the bomb aimer's window. For anchoring, there was a demountable
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changes. In earlier Sunderlands, the hull "step" that allows a flying boat to "unstick" from the surface of the sea was an abrupt one, but in the Mk III it was a curve upwards from the forward hull line.
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was badly damaged and the crew threw everything they could overboard, while nursing the aircraft over the 350-mile (560 km) journey to Britain. At 2248 hours, Walker managed to beach the aircraft at
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was conditional on its being dismantled when no longer needed. This agreement was kept and not a trace exists of the factory which had once boasted some of the largest aircraft hangars in the world.
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sent overseas was to travel by air, establishing a subsidy for the development of intercontinental air transport in a fashion similar to the U.S. domestic programme a decade earlier. In response,
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at the controls. The deeper hull and installation of nose and tail turrets gave the Sunderland a considerably different appearance from the Empire flying boats. The prototype was fitted with
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that slid backwards along curved tracks, moving rearwards and downwards to increase the wing area and generating 30% greater lift for landing. The thick wings, upon which the aircraft's four
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Sunderlands transported as many as 82 armed men from place to place in one load. Steep ocean swells were never attempted, however a calm ocean could be suitable for landing and takeoff.
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Sunderland III of Aquila Airways at Hamble Beach in 1955. This aircraft was the first transport conversion that had served BOAC 1943–1948, it still carried the name given to it by BOAC
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As construction of the prototype S.25 proceeded, several design changes were performed for various reasons. In terms of its armament, in response to feedback from Air Ministry and
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doing no more damage than breaking its light bulbs; other bombs had reportedly bounced up and hit their launch aircraft. In early 1943, these ineffective weapons were replaced by
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flying boat. Sharing several similarities with the S.23, it featured a more advanced aerodynamic hull and was outfitted with various offensive and defensive armaments, including
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The specification to which the Sunderland was developed to conform with had called for an offensive armament of a 37 mm gun and up to 2,000 lb (910 kg) of bombs,
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Short Sunderland (AP1566). (Suffixes A through E for Mk I through V, -PN and Vols 1 through 4 for Pilots Notes, General Description, Maintenance, Overhaul and Parts Manuals).
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A Short Sunderland GR Mark V of No. 205 Squadron RAF Detachment, moored off Direction Island, Cocos Islands, about to be refuelled from a petrol tanker embarked on board a
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In August 1941, production moved on to the Sunderland Mark II which used Pegasus XVIII engines with two-speed superchargers, producing 1,065 hp (794 kW) each.
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that fixed to the forward fuselage from where the front turret was retracted to allow an airman to man the position and pick up the buoy cage or to toss out the anchor.
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The FN13 rear turret of a Sunderland of No 210 Squadron at Oban, August 1940. The Sunderland was the first RAF flying boat to be fitted with power-operated gun turrets.
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the aircraft an endurance of 18 hours, during which it could cover 2,750 statute miles (4,430 km). The take-off distance was found to be 680 yd (620 m).
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and a longer fuselage with some changes in hull form for better performance in the water. The armament was heavier with .50 inch (12.7 mm) machine guns and
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The takeoff run of a flying boat was often dependent only on the length of water that was available. The first problem was to gain sufficient speed for the craft to
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Following early flight trials with the first prototype, the aircraft was returned to the workshop where it underwent further modifications; the adoption of a wing
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flying boat, along with various other requirements, including the need to be powered by a maximum of four engines and to be much more compact than the Sarafand.
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were simply taken out to sea and scuttled as there was nothing else to do with them. In Europe the type was removed from service relatively quickly but in the
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radar enabled the flying boats to attack U-boats on the surface. In response, the German submarines began to carry a radar warning system known formally as "
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Empson, Group Captain Derek K. RAF (Ret'd). "Sunderland Over Far Eastern Seas: An RAF Flying Boat Navigator's Story." London: Pen & Sword Books, 2010.
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X engines, each providing 950 hp (709 kW ), as the planned Pegasus XXII engines of 1,010 hp (753 kW) were not available at the time.
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Friedrich Maeder. Walker ordered the dumping of the bombs and depth charges, and took the engines to full power. Two Ju 88s made simultaneous passes at
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Sunderland EK573/P of No. 10 Squadron RAAF 'unsticks' after picking up three survivors from a Wellington shot down in the Bay of Biscay, 27 August 1944.
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both sets of requirements, Short decided to prioritise the development of the civil S.23 design but also to work on a response to specification R.2/33.
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The 37 mm gun, originally intended as a primary anti-submarine weapon, was dropped from the plans during the prototype phase and replaced with a
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Two gunners in a Short Sunderland Mark I sit at their positions with .303 (7.7 mm) Vickers K-type machine guns, mounted in the upper fuselage hatches.
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Mark II in flight, showing the abrupt, sharp-edged hull "step" that the first two marks possessed. Later marks used a smooth, curved step design.
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engines. The 14-cylinder engines provided 1,200 hp (895 kW) each and were already in use on RAF Consolidated Catalinas and
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During the post-war era, use of the Sunderland throughout Europe rapidly declined, while greater numbers remained in service in the
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After the first series of flights, the prototype was modified to have a wing that was swept 4.25° to the rear, thereby moving the
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considerable number of them and it was a well-built machine that was hard to destroy. On 3 April 1940, a Sunderland operating off
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after final service with the French Navy. It made its last flight from Lanveoc Poulmic, near Brest to Pembroke on 24 Mar 1961.
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were carried, also accommodated a total of six drum-style fuel tanks, which possessed a total capacity of 9,200 litres (2,025
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of the island, several aircraft were used to transport troops. Numerous unarmed Sunderlands were also flown by civil operator
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cross in front of the aircraft to cause a break in the water flow under the aircraft. It was a matter of judgement of the
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subsequently taken over by the major Australian airline Ansett and became Ansett Flying Boat Services and operated from
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During October 1934, Shorts settled upon the general configuration and geometry of the design, opting for a four-engine
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was an outgrowth of the 1942 Air Ministry Specification R.8/42, for a generally improved Sunderland with more powerful
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curvature in more than one direction. This compound curve was more complex to manufacture but gave a more ideal shape.
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at Hendon, which acquired it in 1971. The interior of the aircraft is accessible to visitors. Originally preserved at
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installed in its tail. As with the S.23, he made efforts to produce a fuselage that generated the lowest amount of
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used during mooring manoeuvres on the water. The change of armament in the nose to the much lighter gun moved the
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is the "last 4-engined passenger flying boat that can still fly." Formerly RNZAF NZ4108 – SH.974b MR.5 went to
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in Florida, US. It was bought in 1993, and flown across the Atlantic from the UK. According to the FoF website
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Offensive weapons loads increased too. The introduction of the hydrostatically fused 250 lb (110 kg)
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Sunderlands also proved themselves in the Mediterranean theatre. They flew many evacuation missions during the
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theatre, performing maritime reconnaissance flights and logistical support missions. During the evacuation of
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machine gun. The turret could be winched back into the nose, revealing a small "deck" and demountable marine
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A crew member of a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, washing up in the galley during a flight.
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enough to compensate for the altered centre of gravity; further alterations were necessary to maintain the
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Warner, Guy (July–August 2002). "From Bombay to Bombardier: Aircraft Production at Sydenham, Part One".
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ZK-AMO. Q for Quebec's turrets, armaments and radar and radar domes are being refitted while on display.
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A more refined civilian conversion of the Sunderland was completed by the manufacturer as the postwar
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Southall 1976, p. ? (This was one of several stories of the type's operations related by author
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During late 1934, the S.25 proposal was submitted by the company to the Air Ministry. Rival firm
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could not be used so easily, there was still a need for it, and it remained in service with the
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positioned in the forward area. By the end of September 1937, the prototype had been completed.
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FLYING UNITS OF THE RAF – The ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912
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The RAF received its first Sunderland Mark I in June 1938 when the second production aircraft (
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flying boats remain in or near flyable condition, but they are cargo and water-bombing planes.
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The type's capacity to defend itself was demonstrated in particular by an air battle over the
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G-BJHS (ML814) the last flying Short Sunderland moored near Tower Bridge before it moved to
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Beginning in October 1941, Sunderlands were fitted with ASV Mark II "Air to Surface Vessel"
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and the H.3 had 24 seats, or sleeping berths for 16. These conversions were given the name
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in the fuselage). Later, depth charges (usually 250 lb) were added. By late 1940, two
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possible, while a much longer nose than had been used for the S.23 was ultimately adopted.
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and was outfitted with various detection equipment to aid combat operations, including the
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and BOAC operated 29 of them by the end of the war. In February 1946, the first of these,
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9–11 (two pilots, radio operator, navigator, engineer, bomb-aimer, three to five gunners)
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The Sunderland was one of the most powerful and widely used flying boats throughout the
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A Mark IIIA with Mk III engines and bomb windows, but Mk V radar blisters and nose guns
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as originally thought. This wreck site is awkward to dive due to its proximity to the
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A total of 75 Sunderland Mark Is were built: 60 at Shorts' factories at Rochester and
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New weapons made the flying boats more deadly in combat. In 1939 during an accidental
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conducted its first post-modification flight, having been outfitted with the intended
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aircraft as it got close to the surface vessel. Sunderlands were never fitted with
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Two airmen demonstrate the dorsal .303in (7.7 mm) Vickers 'K' guns of a Sunderland.
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Sunderland Mark II, showing ASV Mark II "stickleback" antennas in front of the tail
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attack, one 100 lb (45 kg) anti-submarine bomb hit the British submarine
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in Wales in 2000. The site is protected and recovery of the aircraft is ongoing.
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machine guns. The hand held guns behind the wing were removed in these versions.
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capable of generating 950 hp (710 kW) of power each. The more powerful
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Cacutt, Len. "The World's Greatest Aircraft," Exeter Books, New York, NY, 1988.
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in the beam hatches behind and above the wing trailing edge also became common.
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Lane and Sgt L. S. Watson, dorsal gunners, and; Flt Sgt R. Goode (rear gunner).
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A Sunderland Mk V. The bulges under the outer wings are the ASV6 radar antennae
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of the RAF Coastal Command's major weapons against the U-boats, along with the
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internally, winched out under the wings through hatches in the fuselage sides.
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a Mark III, converted to Mark V and then for passenger work, is on display in
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Australian Sunderland crews suggested that the Pegasus engines be replaced by
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WAAF engine mechanics servicing a Bristol Pegasus engine of a Short Sunderland
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Newsreel footage of Sunderland G-AGJM being towed into a Southampton berth
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In addition a few aircraft have been preserved as static museum exhibits.
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Flying Boat Services flew the Sunderland and its Sandringham variant from
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until it iced over. The Sunderlands were frequently used for transporting
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A former RNZAF Sunderland that is yet to be restored is exhibited at the
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178 mph (286 km/h, 155 kn) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
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210 mph (340 km/h, 180 kn) at 6,500 ft (2,000 m)
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At the end of the Second World War, a number of new Sunderlands built at
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Sunderlands rescued the entire 34-man crew of the torpedoed merchantman
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The new engines with new Hamilton Standard's Hydromatic constant-speed
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Prins, François (Spring 1994). "Pioneering Spirit: The QANTAS Story".
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for the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society Inc. Christchurch, New Zealand.
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For taxiing after landing, the galley hatches were used to extend sea
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SH.1552b MR.5. Previously SZ584 and BOAC G-AHJR is on display at the
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procedure and the overburdened engines had to be replaced regularly.
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among other damage. However, the rear gunner had recovered, and when
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model was unavailable at the time. Flown by Shorts' chief test pilot
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for a long-range patrol/reconnaissance flying boat to serve with the
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3 by Short Bros Belfast. 1949 BOAC G-AKNP "City of Cardiff". 1951
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Relative to the Mark III, the Mark IV had a stronger wing, larger
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had also designed and submitted its own flying boat, known as the
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The main offensive load was up to 2,000 lb (910 kg) of
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The first S.25, now named the Sunderland Mark I, flew from the
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Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, The Short Sunderland
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to be mounted in the bow of the craft to accompany the single
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quadruple 20 mm cannons with which U-boats were fitted.
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invisible to Metox and baffled the Germans at first. Admiral
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aircraft fuel tanks would normally be an aircraftman's task.
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missions. The specification envisioned an aircraft, either a
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the day before and had subsequently been shot down over the
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U-Boats: The Illustrated History of The Raiders of The Deep
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From mid-1950, RAF Sunderlands also saw service during the
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to link South Pacific Islands in the "Coral Route" before
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fitted under the fuselage to avoid the corrosion problem.
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individual decks; the lower deck contained a total of six
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Only 43 Mark IIs were built, five of these by Blackburn.
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RAF AP1566 (A thru E)-PN paragraphs 36–38, 49–51, 61–63.
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Brassey's D-Day Encyclopedia: The Normandy Invasion A-Z
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RAF AP1566E-PN. Pilots Notes, March 1945, paragraph 78.
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Sunderland in the MOTAT Aviation Display Hall, Auckland
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for the nose turret while an arrangement of four 0.303
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The Short Sunderland (Aircraft in Profile number 189).
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up to 2,000 lb (910 kg) of bombs, mines and
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machine guns replaced the fixed forward firing .303s.
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Bridgman, Leonard, ed. "The Short S-25 Sunderland."
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system kept the takeoff run to a reasonable length.
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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(1951). 727:The Sunderland featured all-metal, mainly flush- 540:On 16 October 1937, the initial S.25 prototype ( 4204:Iron Coffins: A U-boat Commander's War, 1939–45 343:(BOAC), traversing routes as far afield as the 3882: 3861: 3592:magazine, Key Publishing Ltd, May 2009, p. 77. 3455:, 28 November 2002. Retrieved: 2 January 2010. 3207: 2972: 2938: 2936: 2574:, 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) diameter 5790: 4314: 3852: 3198: 3122: 3120: 2601:1,780 mi (2,860 km, 1,550 nmi) 2379:of Australia as VH-TOB "Star of Papua". 1953 2332:towed to the outdoor ramp for certain events. 1125: 619:conditions, flew a record-breaking flight to 4094:London: Profile Publications, 1967. No ISBN. 3999:The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen, Volume III 3481: 3426: 3248: 3246: 3227: 3225: 3223: 3221: 3219: 3012: 3010: 3008: 3006: 2311:as VH-BRF "Islander" and was converted to a 4328: 3984:The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen, Volume II 3110: 3108: 3106: 3071: 3069: 3067: 3065: 3063: 3061: 3059: 3057: 2963: 2956: 2954: 2952: 2950: 2948: 2933: 2910: 2908: 2906: 2391:. Since 1990 it has been on display at the 2215:Compañía Argentina de AeronavegaciĂłn Dodero 5797: 5783: 5668: 4321: 4307: 3969:The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen, Volume I 3303:, who flew in Sunderlands during the war.) 3171:RAF AP1566 (A thru E)-PN paragraphs 37–38. 3117: 3038: 3036: 3034: 3032: 3030: 3028: 3026: 3024: 3022: 2149:Air Headquarters Iraq Communication Flight 613:Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment 3947:Short Sunderland (Warpaint Series No. 25) 3260: 3258: 3243: 3216: 3045: 3003: 1726:Short Sandringhams took over after 1947. 323:. On 17 July 1940, a RAAF Sunderland (of 4066: 4042:Kightly, James. "Sunderland Survivors." 4016:. Marrickville, NSW: Topmill P/L, 1996. 3932:Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II 3103: 3054: 2945: 2903: 2476: 2282: 2266: 2254: 2246:(Tasman Empire Airways Ltd, New Zealand) 2230:New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1729: 1681: 1656: 1630: 1537: 1510: 1309: 1212: 1176: 1129: 1084: 991: 949: 917: 895: 879: 871: 845: 819: 760: 683: 209:Developed in parallel with the civilian 3835:"The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage" 3466:"The Way We Were: Lakeland Industries." 3019: 2796:List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force 2719:Short Sunderland in New Zealand service 2520:32 ft 10.5 in (10.020 m) 2514:112 ft 9.5 in (34.379 m) 2445:The wreck located by Calshot Divers at 2163: 2145:No. 235 Operational Conversion Unit RAF 1146:attacked a single Sunderland Mk III of 910:accomplished by a powered or unpowered 841: 6875: 4242:Fighting the U-boats: Short Sunderland 4182: 3873: 3659:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 3525:"Short S.25 Sunderland / Sandringham." 3255: 3144:RAF AP1566(A thru E)-PN, paragraph 32. 2864:The agreement with the Friends of the 1529: 1370:on 16 October 1937 with Shorts' chief 982: 5778: 4302: 4247:Short Sunderlands of 205/209 Squadron 4112: 4055:Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2000. 3954:The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WW II 3826: 3084: 2868:for the factory to be constructed on 2701:ASV Mk.II or Mk.III centimetric radar 2625:39 lb/sq ft (190 kg/m) 2449:in 2010 is very likely to be that of 2250: 1758: 1677: 1588: 1506: 1287:to the isolated city, landing on the 1275:") were used to transport goods from 254:. The Sunderland was powered by four 6908:World War II British patrol aircraft 4134:London: RAF (Air Publication), 1945. 4052:Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2. 3832: 3817: 3517: 3345:from the original on 11 August 2016. 3320:, killing 17, among them, the actor 2806:List of flying boats and floatplanes 2526:1,487 sq ft (138.1 m) 2271:Sunderland V ML824 displayed at the 2204:British Overseas Airways Corporation 2053: 1696:British Overseas Airways Corporation 1648:Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp 1626: 1451:(usually 250 or 500 lb ), 1419: 1389:FN-11 nose turret mounting a single 341:British Overseas Airways Corporation 3641:from the original on 3 October 2012 2673:Browning 0.5 in (12.7 mm) 2634:0.073 hp/lb (0.120 kW/kg) 2561:, 1,065 hp (794 kW) each 2508:85 ft 4 in (26.01 m) 987: 611:for its official evaluation by the 425:for their design, which became the 13: 4101:. New York: Zenith Imprint, 1998. 3708:National Monuments Record of Wales 2991:from the original on 20 April 2018 2849:Museum of Transport and Technology 2423:Museum of Transport and Technology 1097:was rarely fitted to Sunderlands, 1063:torpedo attack on 11 November 1940 905:edge of the right wing, powered a 627:, stopping off along the route at 16:WWII era flying boat patrol bomber 14: 6924: 4235: 3805:from the original on 5 March 2016 3775:from the original on 5 March 2016 3714:from the original on 1 March 2014 3453:The Westmoreland Gazette archives 2438:was discovered on the seabed off 2343:is on display in Hangar 1 at the 1933:New Zealand Territorial Air Force 933: 790:Equipment and on-water management 535: 4189:. No. 100. pp. 13–24. 4079:. London: Brassey's Inc., 2002. 4069:The Observer's Book Of Airplanes 4014:Australian Airpower 1914 to 1945 3900:Barnes C.H. and Derek N. James. 3795:"Sunderland Flying Boat – PP118" 3765:"Sunderland Flying Boat – ML883" 3745:from the original on 18 May 2016 2801:List of aircraft of World War II 2371:I S-45 NJ203. 1947 Converted to 2033: 2000: 1978: 1951: 1895: 1840: 1808: 1765: 1635:A Sunderland Mark V operated by 29: 6855:Aircraft of the Australian Army 5808:aircraft serial-number prefixes 4294:ITV Meridian's PP118 News Story 4119:. No. 53. pp. 24–32. 3894: 3787: 3757: 3727: 3718: 3696: 3621: 3595: 3582: 3556: 3508: 3499: 3490: 3458: 3435: 3417: 3408: 3381: 3366: 3349: 3327: 3306: 3293: 3284: 3275: 3234: 3192: 3183: 3174: 3165: 3156: 3147: 3138: 3129: 3078: 2978: 2875: 2858: 2841: 2831: 2818: 2547:58,000 lb (26,308 kg) 2541:34,500 lb (15,649 kg) 2473:Specifications (Sunderland III) 2275:at Hendon wearing the codes of 781:FN-13 powered turret with four 190:, developed and constructed by 35:Short Sunderland Mk V in flight 3505:Barnes and James 1989, p. 359. 3414:Barnes and James 1989, p. 559. 2619:720 ft/min (3.7 m/s) 2613:17,200 ft (5,200 m) 2481:Sunderland I/II 3-view drawing 1444:was operating 40 Sunderlands. 468:had originally intended for a 412:declared that all first-class 389: 1: 6898:Four-engined tractor aircraft 6888:1930s British patrol aircraft 2892: 2824:The distance from Bristol to 2273:Royal Air Force Museum London 2209:Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya 1205:on the green at Praa Sands.) 731:construction, except for the 601:Seaplane Experimental Station 584:properties. On 7 March 1938, 216:flying boat, the flagship of 6913:Four-engined piston aircraft 4223:. England: Alan Lake, 1999, 3478:. Retrieved: 2 January 2010. 3443:"Mystery Surrounds reports." 3405:. Retrieved: 2 January 2010. 3378:. Retrieved: 2 January 2010. 2897: 2703:(the latter from early 1943) 2469:station and public slipway. 1753: 1720:National Airways Corporation 1554:As the U-boats began to use 1361: 876:View of a deployed bomb rack 483: 408:. Accordingly, in 1934, the 7: 5818:indicate prefixes not used. 4171:. London: Brassey's, 2004. 4139:River Medway and the Swale. 2707: 2658:0.303 in (7.7 mm) 2359:Imperial War Museum Duxford 2317:Airlines of New South Wales 2309:Airlines of New South Wales 1910:Royal New Zealand Air Force 1356: 1303:with salt being carried in 1258:Royal New Zealand Air Force 1202:Distinguished Service Order 1142:on 2 June 1943, when eight 1030:was attacked by six German 679: 404:flying boats or the German 301:Royal New Zealand Air Force 110:Royal New Zealand Air Force 49:Military flying boat bomber 10: 6929: 4282:Calshot's Sunderland Wreck 3902:Shorts Aircraft since 1900 3213:Norris 1967, pp. 7, 10–11. 2768:Consolidated PB2Y Coronado 2279:. Now indoors in Hangar 1. 2220:Det Norske Luftfartselskap 1780:Royal Australian Air Force 1592: 1208: 1126:1943 encounter with Ju 88s 1016:Royal Australian Air Force 410:British Postmaster General 394: 289:Royal Australian Air Force 102:Royal Australian Air Force 6863: 6837: 6535: 6442: 5900: 5823: 5813: 5754:English Electric Canberra 5741: 5634: 5598: 5530: 5514: 5498: 5482: 5431: 5390: 5358: 5351: 5085: 4915: 4652: 4572: 4541: 4408: 4337: 4067:Lawrence, Joseph (1945). 3618:. Retrieved: 3 July 2010. 3541:. Retrieved: 3 July 2010. 3471:30 September 2007 at the 3448:27 September 2007 at the 3312:BOAC Flight 777 had left 2572:constant-speed propellers 1256:until 1959, and with the 1037:Fliegendes Stachelschwein 884:Bomb rack from the inside 674: 163: 153: 145: 137: 129: 124: 116: 85: 77: 65: 53: 45: 40: 28: 23: 5806:Australian Defence Force 4208:London: Cassells, 1999. 3934:. London: Studio, 1946. 3904:. London: Putnam, 1989. 3704:"Short Sunderland T9044" 3573:Fantasy of Flight Museum 3553:Buttler 2000, pp. 26–27. 3394:21 February 2007 at the 3203:. Ian Allan. p. 48. 2969:Norris 1967, pp. 14, 16. 2826:St. John's, Newfoundland 2811: 2367:RAF Short Sunderland IV/ 1821:Royal Canadian Air Force 1221:Short Sunderland Mark V 1120:M2 Browning machine guns 293:Royal Canadian Air Force 94:Royal Canadian Air Force 6883:Short Brothers aircraft 3945:Buttler, Tony, AMRAeS. 3579:Retrieved: 3 July 2010. 3568:26 October 2009 at the 3487:Norris 1967, pp. 13–14. 3432:Norris 1967, pp. 10–11. 3423:Eden 2004, pp. 444–445. 3153:Eden 2004, pp. 443–444. 2942:Norris 1967, pp. 11–12. 2493:General characteristics 2465:shipping lane, Calshot 2426:Short Bros sister TEAL 2413:Ferrymead Heritage Park 2393:Oakland Aviation Museum 2381:South Pacific Air Lines 2189:until 10 September 1974 2015:South African Air Force 733:flight control surfaces 544:) performed the type's 297:South African Air Force 106:South African Air Force 3839:UIUC Airfoil Data Site 3823:Bridgman 1946, p. 137. 3681:The New Zealand Herald 3539:kiwiaircraftimages.com 3403:kiwiaircraftimages.com 3290:Miller 2002, p. ? 3180:Nicolaou 1998, p. 124. 2557:9-cylinder air-cooled 2482: 2288: 2280: 2264: 1969:No. 330 Squadron RNoAF 1924:No. 490 Squadron RNZAF 1691: 1662: 1639: 1543: 1516: 1461:Vickers K machine guns 1327: 1301:Handley Page Halifaxes 1250:RAF Far East Air Force 1233: 1182: 1135: 1090: 1018:(RAAF) Sunderland (of 1002: 955: 926: 901: 885: 877: 851: 826: 766: 741:Gouge-patented devices 701:outfitted with a twin 689: 321:Battle of the Atlantic 5531:Maritime patrol & 3799:www.calshotdivers.com 3769:www.calshotdivers.com 3577:www.myflorida.org.uk. 3530:13 March 2006 at the 3514:Lake, Alan 1999 p.18. 3281:Johnson 1978, p. 229. 3126:Norris 1967, pp. 6–7. 3051:Norris 1967, pp. 3–5. 2661:Browning machine guns 2559:radial piston engines 2555:Bristol Pegasus XVIII 2480: 2377:Trans Oceanic Airways 2286: 2270: 2258: 2240:Trans Oceanic Airways 2170:AerolĂ­neas Argentinas 1831:No. 423 Squadron RCAF 1826:No. 422 Squadron RCAF 1799:No. 461 Squadron RAAF 1730:Post-war civilian use 1685: 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Manufacturer
Short Brothers
Arthur Gouge
Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
French Navy
Royal Australian Air Force
South African Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Short Sandringham
Short Seaford
flying boat
patrol bomber
Short Brothers
Royal Air Force
Sunderland
North East England
S.23 Empire
Imperial Airways
Air Ministry
Specification R.2/33
Royal Air Force
Short Sarafand
machine gun
turrets
bombs
aerial mines
depth charges
Bristol Pegasus XVIII

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