Robert Taylor Sunderland aviation
prints. Robert Taylor Shorts Sunderland aircraft aviation
prints.Full range of Shorts Sunderland
flying boat signed limited edition art prints by Aviation artist Robert
Taylor and Sunderland Pilots.
published by The Military Gallery and as a authorized aviation art dealer Cranston Fine
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The Short
Sunderland, Patrol and Reconnaissance Flying Boat. normal crew level 10.
maximum speed of 210mph for Mark I, 205mph Mark II and Mark III, and
213mph Mark V. ceiling 17,900 feet and range of 2110 miles (mk I) 2880
miles for Mark V. endurance in the air 13.5 hours. The
Sunderland carries 1 .303 machine gun in the nose, (mark I) and four .303 browning
machine guns in the Tail Turret. Also in the Mark II four Vickers
.303 inch machine guns were used in the body positions. and four browning
machineguns in the nose flanks in the Mark III. Maximum bomb load of
4960 lbs. Based
on the design of the Civil Empire class flying boat. The Short Sunderland
entered service with the Royal Air Force in June 1938 with 230 squadron.
and by the end of the war, 20 squadrons of the Royal Air Force, Royal
Canadian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force were equipped with
Sunderland's. By the end of the production in 1946 a total of 749
were built, The roles the Short Sunderland played, mainly were in Maritime
and anti Submarine duties, especially in the battle of the Atlantic, The
Sunderland accounted for 58 U-Boats sunk or badly damaged. The Sunderland
was also used in other theatres of the war and in the Mediterranean helped
in the evacuation of troops from Crete and Greece, as well as helping in
the evacuation of troops in Burma. The Short Sunderland remained in
service with the Royal Air Force until 1959. used during the Korean
War, The Berlin Air Lift, and during Operation Firedog, , The Malayan
Emergency.
First Sighting by Robert Taylor.
Downed aircrew often drifted for days in their small inflatable dingies hoping rescue would come. Robert Taylors painting depicts that first sighting by an Air Sea Rescue Sunderland and the moment of joy of the aircrew.
Item Code : DHM2148
First Sighting by Robert Taylor. - Editions Available
In a strange quirk of fate, a Sunderland of 461 Sqn RAAF identification letter U, destroys submarine U-461, a type XIV tanker, one of three German submarines caught on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay on July 30, 1943. At extreme low level, Sunderland U braves a barrage of gunfire from all three encircling German submarines to deliver a successful depth charge attack, sinking U-461 in a single pass. In an act of grace, the Sunderland pilot returned to the scene to drop a dingy to the U-boat survivors.
Item Code : DHM2435
Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor - Editions Available
