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Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
Aircraft Original Type: | Felixstowe F.5 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Felixstowe F.5 |
Aircraft Version: | Aeromarine 75 |
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Operator Titles: | Aeromarine West Indies Airways |
Aircraft Name: | Columbus |
Location | |
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Location: | In Flight |
Country: | Bahamas |
Photo Date: | 11 December 1920 to 17 January 1922 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 511865 |
Photo Comment |
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Amazing photo of an Aeromarine flying boat flying over Bimini in the Bamahas. Photo date 17 January 1922 according to one source, but photo reportedly issued as a postcard in the autumn of 1921. Columbus sank between Key West and Havana on 13 January with the loss of four passengers and mail. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 27 October 2022, and has since been viewed 383 times. |