Aircraft Photo of VP-BPS | Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina | AirHistory.net #194699
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VP-BPS
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
Manufacturers:Consolidated / Steward-Davis
C/n (msn):1997
Promotional Titles:S. Orsola Asti
Location
City / Airport:Leiden - ValkenburgMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHVB   IATA: LID   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Valkenburg Open Dag 1997
 
Photo Date:13 September 1997
Photo by:Anton Homma
Photo ID: 194699
Photo Comment

Ex VR-BPS, reregistered to VP-BPS on 1 Jul 1997. Crashed and sank near Hythe, UK on 27 Jul 1998. Initially under rebuild in the UK, but transported to Weston in Ireland in on 19/20 January 2006. Eventually "bulldozed into scrap" there on 27 Jun 2012, and the remains trucked away to a nearby dump.

This photo is copyright © Anton Homma, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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