Aircraft Photo of LN-IAU | Short S.25 Sandringham 6 | Det Norske Luftfartselskap - DNL

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	LN-IAU
Aircraft Original Type:	Short S.25 Sunderland
Aircraft Generic Type:	Short S.25 Sunderland/Sandringham
Aircraft Version:	Short S.25 Sandringham 6
C/n (msn):	SH.882
Operator Titles:	Det Norske Luftfartselskap - DNL
Aircraft Name:	Bamse Brakar

Location
City / Seaplane Base:	Bergen - Sandviken SeaplaneMap
Country:	Norway
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	14 June 1946 to 31 August 1948
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	415043

Photo Comment
Building runways is challenging in Norway and DNL acquired five Sandringham flying boats after WWII. LN-IAU is seen operating alongside two diehard seaplane Ju 52s which can just be identified as LN-KAE behind LN-KAF. As far as we can work out, LN-KAF could be either the first (c/n 5489), or the second (c/n 130714) which became the nostalgy bird "D-AQUI" - see photo 70519 for details. Sandviken was replaced by the short-lived Hjellestad water airport on 23 August 1948 and DNL became part of SAS that year. Photo from: Nasjonalbiblioteket (Norway) This photo was added on 25 November 2021, and has since been viewed 443 times.

Photo Comment

Building runways is challenging in Norway and DNL acquired five Sandringham flying boats after WWII. LN-IAU is seen operating alongside two diehard seaplane Ju 52s which can just be identified as LN-KAE behind LN-KAF. As far as we can work out, LN-KAF could be either the first (c/n 5489), or the second (c/n 130714) which became the nostalgy bird "D-AQUI" - see photo 70519 for details. Sandviken was replaced by the short-lived Hjellestad water airport on 23 August 1948 and DNL became part of SAS that year. Photo from: Nasjonalbiblioteket (Norway)

This photo was added on 25 November 2021, and has since been viewed 443 times.

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