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30-10-2007, 12:49 AM
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You're Top Poster: #3   | Short_Sunderland_Mk_V_ExCC.jpg Short Sunderland The Sunderland was a maritime patrol aircraft developed from Short's Empire flying boat, built as a passenger airliner in the 1930s. The prototype first flew in October 1937, and the first production model entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in June 1938. In May 1939, it was decided to equip two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadrons with Sunderlands. Personnel from the first of these - 10 Squadron - were in the United Kingdom, preparing to take delivery of their aircraft when the Second World War broke out. A second Sunderland squadron - 461 - was formed in Britain in 1941. During the war the Sunderland was employed by the air forces of Australia, Britain, and Canada. It was used principally to escort merchant convoys and hunt enemy submarines in the Atlantic Ocean, and destroyed over 60 U-boats. Belying its somewhat unwieldy appearance, the Sunderland was heavily armed and able to give good account of itself when attacked, which led to German aircrew nicknaming it "the flying porcupine". Many improvements were made to the Sunderland during its career, including the fitting of air-to-surface radar, increased armament, and more powerful engines. Several of these modifications resulted from trials carried out by the RAAF Sunderland squadrons. Sunderlands also served in the Mediterranean, South-East Asian, and Pacific theatres, and as well as their maritime patrol role they were employed as long-range transport aircraft. It was in this latter capacity that 40 Squadron RAAF operated Sunderlands around northern Australia and New Guinea in 1944 and 1945. In all, 749 Sunderlands were manufactured up until production ended in 1946. The last Sunderland was retired from Australian service in 1947 although the type continued serving with the RAF until 1959. Specifications: Short Sunderland Mk III Type: Reconnaissance flying boat Entered service: 1938 Crew: 10-11 Wing span: 34.39 m Length: 26 m Weight (unladen): 15,663 kg Ceiling: 4,880 m Endurance: Maximum range 4,329 km Speed: 338 km/h Armament: 8-12 x .303-in and 2 x .50-in machine-guns up to 907 kg of bombs, mines or depth charges
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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30-10-2007, 01:18 AM
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30-10-2007, 02:00 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | RAAF Flying Boats at War - The Way it Was by Joe Leach features his time with 10 Sqn.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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30-10-2007, 02:34 AM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | RAAF Sunderland U/461 Sinking U-Boat U-461 My favourite photo. Sunderland RAAF u461.jpg 'Caught on the Surface'. The sinking of U-461 by an RAAF Sunderland, 461/U, in the Bay of Biscay in July 1943, as depicted by aviation artist Robert Taylor.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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30-10-2007, 09:28 AM
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You're Top Poster: #5  | Lets not forget as well! The Sunderland was used in Korea and the incident with HMS amythest.
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30-10-2007, 09:40 AM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | Short Sunderland in Korea. Short_Sunderland.jpg http://www.korean-war.com/KWAircraft...ing_boats.html
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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