
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
C/n (msn): | S.812 |
Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
Aircraft Name: | Cavalier |
Location | |
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City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Airport Codes: | None |
Photo Date: | 2 August 1937 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 419961 |
Photo Comment |
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The S.23 flying boats lacked the range to cross the big pond with payload but a limited route was opened between the British territory of Bermuda and New York or Baltimore. Cavalier was actually shipped to Bermuda. Suffering icing, the aircraft ditched en route from NY - Port Washington to Bermuda on 21 January 1939 and three of the 13 people on board lost their lives. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 11 December 2021, and has since been viewed 486 times. |