THE SHORT "SUNDERLAND" - The Short Sunderland long range reconnaissance flying boat has four Bristol "Pegasus XVII" engines each of 850 Armament includes multiple gun turrets fore and aft and two further gun positions in the top of the fuselage. Hence the aircraft is referred to as a "battleship of the air". With the four engines developing a total of 3,360 at 6250 ft. it attains a maximum speed of 210 and has a range of approximately 2,000 miles. Aircraft of this type have, since the beginning of the war, covered several million miles in all weathers on the many hazardous dut
THE SHORT "SUNDERLAND" - The Short Sunderland long range reconnaissance flying boat has four Bristol "Pegasus XVII" engines each of 850 Armament includes multiple gun turrets fore and aft and two further gun positions in the top of the fuselage. Hence the aircraft is referred to as a "battleship of the air". With the four engines developing a total of 3,360 at 6250 ft. it attains a maximum speed of 210 and has a range of approximately 2,000 miles. Aircraft of this type have, since the beginning of the war, covered several million miles in all weathers on the many hazardous duties of the Coastal Command, including the spotting and attacking of submarines escorting convoys and locating enemy warships. The navigator checking his course Royal Air Force
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