FlyPast – August 2018

(John Hannent) #1

Spotlight


82 Men behind


the Sunderland


88 In profile -


artwork


90 Last of


the breed


96 In miniature


14 Pages in detail


Short


Sunderland


The  rst of our new Spotlight special sections


revisits one of the most successful and elegant


 ying boats ever created, the mighty Short


Sunderland. The huge, four-engined machines


were used in a variety of roles during World War


Two and beyond. They saved the lives of many Allied


sailors, and were a major deterrent to enemy shipping


and U-boats before going on to serve successfully in


civilian hands.


Main picture
A trio of Short Sunderland GR.5s fl ying
in formation in November 1955. KEY

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