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Empire Flying boat

Details:

Title

Empire Flying boat,

Photo number

PH0250/0014,

Collection

Watts Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1938,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Description

Empire Flying boat 'Circe' G-AETZ. Service England to Australia, 1938. Launch 'Halcyon' under wing. 'Circe' was lost without trace during evacuation flight TJILATJAP Java to Broome on 28 February 1942 - presumed enemy action,

Notes

Date:1938,

Language

English,

Subject

Short Empire Flying Boat (seaplanes),

Digital format

3279 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 96.08Mb, jpeg 3.06Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 16.5 cm.,

File type

image/tiff, image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://www.aussieairliners.org/shortfb/g-aetz/gaetz.html, http://www.aussieairliners.org/shortfb/g-aetz/gaetz.html [Short S23 Empire Flying Boat],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/11213,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/731938