| A Sunderland Mk.V of No.201 Sqn., R.A.F. on patrol. At the peak of its career, the Sunderland equipped 28 squadrons; by the close of hostilities, Sunderlands had been credited with sinking 28 submarines and shared seven other "kills" with Allied surface vessels | ||
| Details of the Sunderland prototype: cockpit interior | ||
| Details of the Sunderland prototype: external view of the four-gun F.N.13 tail turret | ||
| Details of the Sunderland prototype: internal view of the four-gun F.N.13 tail turret | ||
| A Sunderland Mk.I, L2163, DA-G of No.210 Sqn., R.A.F. | ||
| Mk.I L5798 of No.204 Sqn., with the Rock of Gibraltar in the background | ||
| W6O50 taxiing near Queens Island; the Mk.II variant introduced a twin-gun dorsal turret, Pegasus XVIII engines, and a new F.N.4a tail turret with 1,000 r.p.g | ||
| Well-known study of a very "operational" Mk.III, W4004, being beached; the immaculate factory finish did not survive many Atlantic Patrols | ||
| EJ164, a Belfast-built Mk.III; note retracted nose turret | ||
| Mk.III EJ170 after completion; this aircraft eventually became a Sandringham | ||
| The Short Seaford was intended to be an improved version of the Sunderland, initially known as the Sunderland Mk.IV, powered by the 1700hp Hercules engines then in use in the Short Stirling bomber. Armament was to be eight 12.7mm machine guns and two 20mm cannon. Only eight of the first production batch were completed; performance was disappointing, the Seafords/Sunderland Mk.IV"s mainly ending up as Solent airliners for B.O.A.C. | ||
| Sunderland Mk.V SZ579 after a brief encounter with the Scottish coast | ||
| Some of nineteen Sunderlands reconditioned at Belfast in 1951 for the French Aeronavale and operated by Escadrille 7F from Dakar until I960 | ||
| Some of nineteen Sunderlands reconditioned at Belfast in 1951 for the French Aeronavale and operated by Escadrille 7F from Dakar until I960 | ||
| Sunderland M.R.V of No.35 Squadron, South African Air Force. After the war the unit was based at Congella, Durban, Natal | ||
| Another view of L2163, DA-G of No.210 Squadron. The upper beam gun ports are clearly shown, as is the early camouflage scheme |
