Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coorong
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:431590Submit Correction
View count: 674
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coorong
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:431590Submit Correction
View count: 674
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact