STEPHEN MILLS COLLECTION
No. 6434. Short S.23 Empire (G-AFBJ c/n S.876) British Overseas Airways Corporation "Carpentaria"
Photographed on Lake Naivasha, Kenya
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05/15/2007. One of 31 S.23s built for Imperial Airways, it was test flown registered as G-AFBJ and named 'Carpentaria'. However, Imperial Airways did not use it and it was sold to QANTAS of Australia in November 1937, being registered as VH-ABA. It returned to England in July 1942 and was operated till 1947, when it was scrapped. |
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Created May 15, 2007