Registration / Serial:RK787
Aircraft Original Type:Short SA-1 Sturgeon
Aircraft Generic Type:Short SA-1 Sturgeon
Aircraft Version:Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1
C/n (msn):[ RK787 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:595036Submit Correction
View count: 825
A good print of a well-known picture of the first prototype of the Sturgeon reconaissance bomber for the Royal Navy, first flown from Rochester on 7 June 1946. The type only entered service as a the Sturgeon TT.2 and TT.3 target tug. The ugly Short SB.3 submarine hunter was developed from it.
Registration / Serial:RK787
Aircraft Version:Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1
C/n (msn):[ RK787 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:RK787
Aircraft Original Type:Short SA-1 Sturgeon
Aircraft Generic Type:Short SA-1 Sturgeon
Aircraft Version:Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1
C/n (msn):[ RK787 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:595036Submit Correction
View count: 825
A good print of a well-known picture of the first prototype of the Sturgeon reconaissance bomber for the Royal Navy, first flown from Rochester on 7 June 1946. The type only entered service as a the Sturgeon TT.2 and TT.3 target tug. The ugly Short SB.3 submarine hunter was developed from it.
Registration / Serial:RK787
Aircraft Version:Short SA-1 Sturgeon S1
C/n (msn):[ RK787 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact