| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFCV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-30 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-30 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-30 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.881 |
| Aircraft Name: | Caribou |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | July 1939 to September 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong Collection |
| Photo ID: | 328741 |
| Photo Comment |
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At the factory in Rochester, Kent. The hill with St Margaret's Church is much the same today. On the left is the prototype of the enlarged S.26, G-AFCI Golden Hind. Caribou and G-AFCU Cabot, in the background, were equipped as transatlantic mailplanes with aerial refuelling by Harrow tankers after take-off. The two machines were impressed as V3138 and V3137 and destroyed together by German aircraft at Bodø, Norway on 5 May 1940. This photo was added on 26 January 2021, and has since been viewed 1146 times. |