Title

Short S26 flying boat 'Golden Hind' (G-AFCI) at anchor in Poole Harbour, Dorset, 1946

Caption

Short S26 flying boat 'Golden Hind' (G-AFCI) at anchor in Poole Harbour, Dorset, 1946. The first of three S26 G-Class flying-boats built by Short Brothers at Rochester and first flown on the 21 July 1939. After military service she was returned to BOAC in 1941.

Date

1946

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B35_429

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (2,7Mb) / 15,1in x 13,9in / 4530 x 4155 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea coast England country flight harbour British geography English aeroplane aircraft plane airplane location century shorts Britain aviation channel B&W 1940s aerial view MONOCHROME English Channel Forties air Transport bird's eye view aerial photography black & white black and white B W 20th century flying boat Poole English Heritage decade geographical feature TGN Golden Hind photograph Short Brothers Aerofilms Short's Short G Class Short S26 photograph