Short S.25 Sunderland V, DP198 / UKSU252, Royal Air Force
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Registration: DP198
Construction Number: UKSU252
Code Number: W
Military Unit: 205/209 Squadron
Model Short S.25 Sunderland V
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF Seletar, Singapore
Photographer: Ian S Partridge
Date Taken: 07/1959
Date Submitted: 08/12/2007
Sunderland V's on the 'graveyard' being broken up at RAF Seletar. With A/c coded P. DP 198 Whisky flew the last mission with ML797 on the 15th of May 1959, over Singapore, to mark the last of the Sunderlands. DP 198 was built at Windermere in 1944 as a Mark III, but converted to a Mark V, making it the longest serving Sunderland.
Picture ID:1083404