| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Corio |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YRAY IATA: RSE Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 431463 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to Qantas in 1938. To Imperial Airways in a swap with another aircraft in September 1939, becoming G-AEUH, but leased back by the Australian airline. Shot down by Zero fighters off West Timor, Netherlands East Indies on 30 January 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library This photo was added on 17 January 2022, and has since been viewed 330 times. |