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The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England.
The Short S.25 Sandringham is a British civilian flying boat designed and originally produced by Short Brothers. They were produced as conversions of the widely used Short Sunderland , a military flying boat that was commonly used as a maritime patrol aircraft .
The Dunbeath air crash was the crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland Mk. III in the Scottish Highlands, on a headland known as Eagle's Rock (Scottish Gaelic: Creag na h-Iolaire) near Dunbeath, Caithness, on 25 August 1942.
The Short Sunderland, officially the Short S.25 Sunderland, was designed by Short Brothers as a development of the civilian Short Empire flying boat that was used by Imperial Airways in the 1930s.
Short S.20 Mercury (1937 Short Mayo Composite) Short S.21 Maia (1937 Short Mayo Composite) Short S.22 Scion Senior (1935) Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat (1936) Short S.25 Sunderland (1937) Short S.25 Sandringham (a post-war derivation of the Sunderland) Short S.26 G-Class (1939) Short S.27 Civet - project - not built (1936) Short S.30 Empire ...
On 25 October 1943, de Havilland Mosquito G-AGGG crashed near RAF Leuchars. [41] On 5 November 1943, Short Sunderland 3 G-AGIB crashed in the desert 75 miles south-southwest of Sollum, Libya after a portion of the right wing and float separated following an in-flight fire probably caused by an electrical problem; all 19 on board died. [42]
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The Short S.45 Seaford was a 1940s flying boat, designed as a long range maritime patrol bomber for RAF Coastal Command. It was developed from the Short S.25 Sunderland , and initially ordered as "Sunderland Mark IV".