Aircraft Photo of NJ201 | Short S-45 Seaford

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NJ201
Aircraft Original Type:	Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Generic Type:	Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Version:	Short S-45 Seaford
C/n (msn):	S.1293

Location
City / Seaplane Base:	Felixstowe - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	1948
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	798591

Photo Comment
This was the second Seaford. After a brief loan to BOAC it returned to the RAF as a transport. However NJ201 was rejected by the Transport Command. About 1949 Short installed a streamlined nose and Solent style wing floats. It was eventually sold to Aquila Airways in 1953 as a Solent III (G-ANAJ) although it was only a partial conversion compared with Seafords converted for BOAC. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand] This photo was added on 13 April 2025, and has since been viewed 50 times.

Photo Comment

This was the second Seaford. After a brief loan to BOAC it returned to the RAF as a transport. However NJ201 was rejected by the Transport Command. About 1949 Short installed a streamlined nose and Solent style wing floats. It was eventually sold to Aquila Airways in 1953 as a Solent III (G-ANAJ) although it was only a partial conversion compared with Seafords converted for BOAC. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand]

This photo was added on 13 April 2025, and has since been viewed 50 times.

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