Aircraft Photo of VH-ABC | Short S-23 Empire | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-ABC
Aircraft Original Type:	Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:	Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:	Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):	S.849
Operator Titles:	Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:	Coogee

Location
City / Seaplane Base:	Southampton - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	146183

Photo Comment
Delivered in January 1938 but retained by Imperial Airways to cover aircraft losses. Finally delivered to QEA in September that year. Operated alongside Imperial's S.30s on the Sydney-Southampton route, with Qantas crews as far as Singapore. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-12. While in RAAF service it crashed on landing at Townsville during a test flight. RMS Queen Mary is the ship in the background. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales This photo was added on 15 June 2019, and has since been viewed 790 times.

Photo Comment

Delivered in January 1938 but retained by Imperial Airways to cover aircraft losses. Finally delivered to QEA in September that year. Operated alongside Imperial's S.30s on the Sydney-Southampton route, with Qantas crews as far as Singapore. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-12. While in RAAF service it crashed on landing at Townsville during a test flight. RMS Queen Mary is the ship in the background. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

This photo was added on 15 June 2019, and has since been viewed 790 times.

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