Aircraft Photo of G-AGVD | Short S.40 Shetland Mk2 | AirHistory.net #573830
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AGVD
Aircraft Original Type:Short S.35 Shetland
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S.35/S.40 Shetland
Aircraft Version:Short S.40 Shetland Mk2
C/n (msn):S1313
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:September 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 573830
Photo Comment

The S.35 Shetland was designed as a successor to the Sunderland reconnaissance flying boat. There was Saunders-Roe input in the design. The sole S.35 first flew on 14 December 1944 and burnt at its moorings due to the oven in its galley overheating in 1946. The S.40 Shetland II was to carry up to 70 passengers. The sole example, G-AGVD is seen around the time of its first flight on 17 September 1947. Unwanted, it was scrapped in 1951. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

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