
Aircraft | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 784 times. |