Aircraft Photo of A18-10 | Short S-23 Empire | Australia - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	A18-10
Aircraft Original Type:	Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:	Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:	Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):	S.811
Operator Titles:	Australia - Air Force

Location
City / Seaplane Base:	Sydney - Rose Bay SeaplaneMap
Region / Country:	New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YRAY IATA: RSE Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	October 1939 to December 1940
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	147238

Photo Comment
Ex G-ADUT "Centaurus" and involved in an aircraft swap at the start of World War II when Imperial Airways and Qantas exchanged equal numbers of S.23s. G-ADUT was immediately transferred to the RAAF. Used to supply bases in the Dutch East Indies when Japan entered the war in December 1941. A18-10 was destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Broome, Western Australia, on March 3, 1942. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales This photo was added on 22 June 2019, and has since been viewed 473 times.

Photo Comment

Ex G-ADUT "Centaurus" and involved in an aircraft swap at the start of World War II when Imperial Airways and Qantas exchanged equal numbers of S.23s. G-ADUT was immediately transferred to the RAAF. Used to supply bases in the Dutch East Indies when Japan entered the war in December 1941. A18-10 was destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Broome, Western Australia, on March 3, 1942. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

This photo was added on 22 June 2019, and has since been viewed 473 times.

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