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Bristol Britannia 312
Aircraft & Exhibits, DEC 1957-31 MAY 1984, Cosford, External Display, 84/A/740
Designed to a 1947 specification for a medium-range airliner for the British Overseas Airways Corporation, the Britannia prototype made its first flight on 16 August 1952. A long-range version, the Series 300 as pictured, was developed for trans-Atlantic service and entered service on the London-New York route on 19 December 1957.
Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
Aircraft & Exhibits, APR 1945-MAY 1974, Cosford, External Display, 74/A/789
The last version of the ‘Cat’ to be developed, the PBY 6A, amphibian, was the culmination of a design associated with some of the most notable maritime air operations of the Second World War. Initially designed to meet a pre war US Navy requirement for a new maritime patrol aircraft, the prototype PBY 1 first took to the air on 21 March 1935. Subsequently, the PBY series of flying boats and amphibians were built in greater numbers than any other aircraft of their type and used by Air Forces and civilian operators around the world.
Compilation of Second World War German aircraft footage, 1930s-1940s, reel 1
Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8110/001
Film consisting of several short clips showing a number of Second World War German fighter, bomber and transport aircraft, flying boats and gliders in the air and on the ground.
Aircraft Recognition Chart: C-130A Hercules
Library, JUL 1956, In Storage, X004-7337
Aircraft recognition poster of a Lockheed C-130A Hercules. Air Diagram number AD6615, issue 1, sheet 1, July 1956.
Aircraft Recognition Chart: Crate
Library, APR 1956, In Storage, X004-7336
Aircraft recognition poster of an Ilyushin Il-14. Air Diagram number AD6603, issue 1, sheet 1, May 1956.
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