Aircraft Photo of TG263 | Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 | UK - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	TG263
Other Marks:	P
Aircraft Original Type:	Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Aircraft Generic Type:	Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Aircraft Version:	Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
C/n (msn):	[ TG263 ]
Operator Titles:	UK - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	DuxfordMap
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EGSU IATA: - Local: - Other: -
Collection:	Imperial War Museum Duxford

Photo Date:	15 April 1983
Photo by:	Paul Seymour
Photo ID:	668359

Photo Comment
First jet powered seaplane. First flew as TG263 in 1947. Retired in 1951. Presented to the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield in 1954. Moved to the Skyfame Museum at Staverton in 1966, then to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in 1978. Photo taken soon after restoration had been completed. To the Solent Sky Museum, Southampton in 1991. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 March 2024, and has since been viewed 127 times.

Photo Comment

First jet powered seaplane. First flew as TG263 in 1947. Retired in 1951. Presented to the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield in 1954. Moved to the Skyfame Museum at Staverton in 1966, then to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in 1978. Photo taken soon after restoration had been completed. To the Solent Sky Museum, Southampton in 1991.

It was added on 20 March 2024, and has since been viewed 127 times.

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