Aircraft Photo of G-AETY | Short S-23 Empire | Imperial Airways | AirHistory.net #421257
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AETY
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.841
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Clio
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Israel
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:5 August 1937 to 31 July 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 421257
Photo Comment

Delivered on 30 July 1937. Impressed in 1940 and converted to an armed maritime patrol aircraft, AX659. Used by No 119 Sqn at RAF Bowmore, on Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay, Scotland, between March 1941 and 22 August 1941 when it crashed into the loch. Photo by: Library of Congress

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