Aircraft Photo of 8359 | Short 184 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #215701
Location
City / Airport:YeoviltonMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGDY   IATA: YEO   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Fleet Air Arm Museum
 
Photo Date:5 November 2005
Photo by:Howard J Curtis
Photo ID: 215701
Photo Comment

This was the only British aircraft to take part in the Battle of Jutland. Flown by Flt Lt Frederick Rutland with Assistant Paymaster G. S. Trewin as observer, the aircraft was launched from HMS Engadine and spotted four cruisers of the German fleet. The aircraft was presented to the Imperial War Museum in 1917, where it was damaged in a German air raid during the Blitz. Sole surviving original airframe.

This photo is copyright © Howard J Curtis, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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