Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat, G-AFCZ / S.885, Imperial Airways
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Registration: G-AFCZ
Construction Number: S.885
Code Number: Australia
Model Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat
Operator: Imperial Airways
Airport: Unknown, UK - England
Photographer: Brian Doherty Collection
Date Taken: 1939 (approximate)
Date Submitted: 05/07/2009
Location uncertain (possibly abroad) G-AFCZ was badly holed in Iraq in 1939, repaired, renamed Clare and flown several times to America around the Battle of Britain...lost off W. Africa 1942 after engine fire. Search Australia Clare in Key Publishing Forum
Picture ID:1181013