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Short Sunderland MR5

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-1961, London, Hangar One, 71/A/1408

By the start of the Second World War three RAF squadrons were equipped with the Short Sunderland, a long-range reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrol flying boat.

Large white metal aircraft with two wings and no wheels, © RAF Museum

Short Stirling Mk III

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1998/0229/A

This Stirling served with No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit, where new aircrew gained the skills to fly heavy bombers. It crashed during a training flight in the Pennines on the night of 18–19 October 1944.

remains of an aircraft's tail section, dark paint and bare metal., (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum