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The magnificent Latécoère "Laté 631". Here n°02, took to the skies at the beginning of 1945, bearing the name ‘Lionel de Marnier’ in reference to the founder of the ‘Lorraine’ group who disappeared at sea in December 1944.

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1944 Catalina Flying Boat landing on Lake Wanaka

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Sailor clean a Martin PBM Mariner patrol bomber flying boat.

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US Coast Guard Hall PH-3 flying boat firing a M1919 Browning machine gun in 1943.

[bigglesworld]

Short S.25 Sunderland 5. At Tower Bridge in 1982

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Short Sunderland flying boats.

Queen's Island, Belfast, 1943.

I asked last year, so interested to see what new followers think...

What's the collective noun for a group of Short Sunderlands? 🤷‍♂️

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Dornier Do 24 of Seenotstaffel 7, Mediterranean, date unknown. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

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When you have a flying boat but you still have to row (Robin Parry, I believe, for Parry and Ste Dillon's "Scatophagium Campaign" section in Adventurer magazine 8, March 1987)

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Deux hydravions Loire 130 aux couleurs de l'armée de l'air de Vichy – 1940's

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LaGuardia Marine Terminal, Pan American Airways base. In NYC. Boeing 314 at the pier.

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Supermarine Southampton MKI - Small Brown Dog 

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1946 G-21A Goose - Lake Hood, Anchorage AK

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PBM Mariner

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Short Mayo Composite Seaplane. United Kingdom, 1938.

VIDEO 🎥 https://youtu.be/ThFL8GsIKd8

HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGE 📷 https://tinyurl.com/3yk22z59

[bigglesworld]

Sikorsky S-42. Pan American Clipper. Captain Edwin Musick getting a lot of assistance as he comes ashore at Pearl Harbor. April 1935.

[usafphantom2]

#onthisday in 1937, flying from the River Medway and powered by four 950-hp Bristol Pegasus X engines, the Short Sunderland prototype made its maiden flight.

Find out more about the Sunderland at classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-aircra… #aviation #history

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