Registration / Serial: | RK787 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon |
Aircraft Version: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1 |
C/n (msn): | [ RK787 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
Location: | In Flight |
Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 595036Submit Correction |
View count: | 1024 |
A good print of a well-known picture of the first prototype of the Sturgeon reconaissance bomber for the Royal Navy, first flown from Rochester on 7 June 1946. The type only entered service as a the Sturgeon TT.2 and TT.3 target tug. The ugly Short SB.3 submarine hunter was developed from it.
Registration / Serial: | RK787 |
Aircraft Version: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1 |
C/n (msn): | [ RK787 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | RK787 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon |
Aircraft Version: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1 |
C/n (msn): | [ RK787 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
Location: | In Flight |
Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 595036Submit Correction |
View count: | 1024 |
A good print of a well-known picture of the first prototype of the Sturgeon reconaissance bomber for the Royal Navy, first flown from Rochester on 7 June 1946. The type only entered service as a the Sturgeon TT.2 and TT.3 target tug. The ugly Short SB.3 submarine hunter was developed from it.
Registration / Serial: | RK787 |
Aircraft Version: | Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1 |
C/n (msn): | [ RK787 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |