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The Short Sunderland was one of the finest flying-boats ever built and it served with the Royal Air Force Coastel Command for 21 years. A development of the Short Empire flying-boats. the Sunderland was designed to a 1933 Air Ministry. specification for ar long-range general reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrol flying-boat to replace the biplanes then in service. The prototype first flew in 1937 and production Sunderlands entered service in 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War three squadrons of sunderlands were operational with Coastel Command. The type showed its worth on September 18, 1939, when two aircraft from 204 and 228 Squadrons rescued the entire crew of 34 from the sinking freighter '' Kensington Cpourt ''.

Brits watervliegtuig wat geschikt was voor lange afstands verkening op zee ,en speelde een belangrijke rol in ''The Battle of the Atlantic'' ,en heeft 21 jaar lang dienst gedaan bij RAF Coastel Command.

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