Aircraft Photo of VH-ABF | Short S-23 Empire | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA | AirHistory.net #199751
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-ABF
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.878
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Cooee
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
 
Photo Date:May 1938 to December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 199751
Photo Comment

VH-ABF over Brisbane where Qantas was headquartered at the time. When air services between Australia on the one side and the UK and Africa on the other were cut during World War II, Cooee was unable to get home. Likewise, BOAC's G-AFPZ was trapped on the Australian side, so a swap was arranged. -ABF became G-AFBL in July 1942 and continued with BOAC until scrapped in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

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