RU

/

EN
burger-menu
Поиск по сайту:
  • Short Singapore III K3593 on the slip, presumably at RAF Seletar. Delivered to the RAF late in 1934, K3593 was first evaluated by the MAEE and then delivered to 210 Sqn before being assigned to 205 Sqn. It was struck off RAF charge in March 1938.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Short Singapore III / S.19 - Великобритания - 1934

  • Short Singapore III K3594 was destroyed when it crashed on a dawn take-off from RAF Seletar on February 2, 1937. The pilot was Sqn Ldr Albert Wentworth Bates; the second pilot, Plt Off Blair, was drowned.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Short Singapore III / S.19 - Великобритания - 1934

  • Blackburn Iris prototype N185 seen after modification to Iris II status, with metal hull, fitted with three Rolls-Royce Condor IIIA engines and with the centre rudder removed and replaced with a servo unit and moved further forward to occupy the original fin position. N185 was later converted to Mk IV standard and fitted with Armstrong Siddeley Leopard III radial engines.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Blackburn Iris / R.B.1 - Великобритания - 1926

  • The last of 205 Sqn’s Southamptons, S1043, flown by Flt Lt C. S. "Tex" Riccard in January 1935. This Mk I was built with a wooden hull in 1926. Like most Mk Is it was later converted to metal hull configuration.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Southampton / Solent - Великобритания - 1925

  • Supermarine Southampton II S1151 on the Tigris at Baghdad on November 8, 1927. S1151 was a member of the four-boat RAF Far East Flight that left Plymouth in October 1927 to open up the Empire routes to the Far East and Australia, covering 27,000 miles in the process. After the Flight was disbanded it was reformed as 205 Squadron, and S1151 was assigned to it - the first RAF unit in the Far East.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Southampton / Solent - Великобритания - 1925