| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABFA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-17 Kent |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-17 Kent |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-17 Kent |
| C/n (msn): | S.758 |
| Operator Titles: | (Imperial Airways) |
| Aircraft Name: | Scipio |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brindisi - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Italy |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | May 1931 to August 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 143722 |
| Photo Comment |
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Security restrictions imposed by Mussolini's regime meant passengers' cameras had to be sealed in a bag while Imperial Airways flights were refuelling at Brindisi. So photos of Brindisi as a Imperial AW port are rare. From contemporary reports passengers were taken ashore by boat because there was no flying boat dock. G-ABFA was the first of three Kents and was lost when it sank at Mirabella Bay, Crete on August 22, 1936. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales This photo was added on 29 May 2019, and has since been viewed 2410 times. |