Short S.25 Sandringham Mk.2

Short S.25 Sandringham Mk.2

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05/15/2007. This aircraft was produced as a Short S.25 Sunderland Mk.III and delivered to the RAF as DV964 in 1943, already in April 1944 it was renovated. Late 1945 it had been converted to the 45 passengers S.25 Sandringham Mk.2 to an order for four placed by Argentinean carrier Compañía de Aeronavegacion Dodero. Registered G-AGPZ and named "Argentina" it was transferred to Argentina by Capt. Dudley and his crew in 4 days (45 hr and 47 min flying time), arriving on November 25, 1945.

It was stricken from the British register in April 1946, was registered in Argentina as LV-AAO and started operations with Dodero on May 24, 1946. In the same year it was transferred to the new airline Avacion Litoral Fluvial Argentino that merged into Argentine Airlines in 1950. LV-AAO was operated till 1960 when it was sold to Cooperativa Argentina de Aeronavegantes, being withdrawn from use in 1963 and broken up in the following year.


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05/15/2007. This aircraft was produced as a Short S.25 Sunderland Mk.III and delivered to the RAF as DV964 in 1943, already in April 1944 it was renovated. Late 1945 it had been converted to the 45 passengers S.25 Sandringham Mk.2 to an order for four placed by Argentinean carrier Compañía de Aeronavegacion Dodero. Registered G-AGPZ and named "Argentina" it was transferred to Argentina by Capt. Dudley and his crew in 4 days (45 hr and 47 min flying time), arriving on November 25, 1945. It was stricken from the British register in April 1946, was registered in Argentina as LV-AAO and started operations with Dodero on May 24, 1946. In the same year it was transferred to the new airline Avacion Litoral Fluvial Argentino that merged into Argentine Airlines in 1950. LV-AAO was operated till 1960 when it was sold to Cooperativa Argentina de Aeronavegantes, being withdrawn from use in 1963 and broken up in the following year.