The Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick was a British flying boat built by Saunders-Roe Limited (Saro). It was intended to be used with the Short Sunderland in...
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Hudson (RAF) Lockheed Ventura (RAF) Martin Maryland (RAF) Saro London (RAF) retired 1941 Saro Lerwick (RAF) retired 1942 Short Empire (RAF) two aircraft Short...
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nose in an earthen berm. 20 February First fatal accident involving a Saro Lerwick flying boat occurs when Flt. Sgt. Corby attempts landing of L7253 of...
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active service pending the introduction of the ultimately unsuccessful Lerwick. The A.27 London was designed in response to the Air Ministry Specification...
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Saunders-Roe (redirect from SARO Aviation)
Saunders/Saro A.7 Severn Saro A.17 Cutty Sark Saro A.19 Cloud Saro A.21 Windhover Saro A.27 London Saro A.29 Cloud Monospar Saro A.33 Saro A.36 Lerwick Saro A...
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Atlantic from Oban. Two further re-equipments occurred, in December 1939 (Saro Lerwicks) and then in April 1941 (Consolidated Catalinas). Familiarisation with...
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Aircraft Factory C.E.1 UK 1918 2 Saab Swordfish MPA Sweden 2016 Saro Lerwick UK 1938 21 Saro London UK 1934 31 Savoia-Marchetti S.55 Italy 1924 243+ Savoia-Marchetti...
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Germany Potez 452 France 1936 16 RAS-1 Getta Romania 1925 4 Saro Lerwick United Kingdom 1940 21 Saro London United Kingdom 1936 31 Savoia-Marchetti S.55 Italy...
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580 Blackburn Shark 17 17 Consolidated Canso 721 993 Piper Cub 150 150 Saro Lerwick 21 21 Supermarine Sea Otter 292 292 Short Seaford 10 10 Short Sunderland...
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Prototype 1 Saro A.33 UK Maritime patrol flying boat 1938 Prototype 1 Saro Lerwick UK Maritime patrol flying boat 1938 Operational 21 Saro London UK Maritime...
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Patrol 1938 Prototype Saro Lerwick UK Flying boat Patrol 1940 Production 21 Saro London UK Flying boat Patrol 1934 Production 31 Saro Shrimp UK Flying boat...
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Dungallan House, Oban.[citation needed] No. 209 Squadron re-equipped with Saro Lerwick flying-boats were based at RAF Oban. Aircrew based at RAF Oban were billeted...
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A Saro Lerwick of RAF 209 Squadron, taking off from Loch Ryan, March 1941...
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it. This event is known as the Battle of Tarbat. On 14 October 1941 a Saro Lerwick flying boat assigned to No. 4 OTU L7268 crashed into the sea near Tarbat...
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No. 48 Squadron RAF Avro Anson RAF Hooton Park No. 209 Squadron RAF Saro Lerwick RAF Pembroke Dock No. 217 Squadron RAF Avro Anson/Bristol Beaufort RAF...
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safety of crews and the effectiveness of the Command. The new twin-engine Saro Lerwick had been touted as the ideal aircraft. It came into service in April...
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operated with Consolidated Catalina, but were also equipped with Saunders-Roe Lerwick and Supermarine Stranraer respectively. No. 119 Squadron had reformed at...
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project office. In this period his design responsibilities included the Saro Lerwick and the Short Shetland flying boats. From 1947, he was technical assistant...
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it was disbanded in August 1980. 422 General Reconnaissance Squadron Saro Lerwick Consolidated Canso Short Sunderland Douglas Dakota Consolidated Liberator...
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for SAAF Airspeed Envoy R.1/36 OR.32 Small reconnaissance flying boat Saro Lerwick, Blackburn B-20 2/36 Development of the Cierva C.30 (cancelled) 3/36...
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(cancelled before completion) Saro Lerwick Saro London Saro-Percival Mailplane Saro Shrimp Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 Saro P.531 Saro W-14 Skeeter Sauper J300 Joker...
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variants of aircraft: Supermarine Stranraer I Saro London I & II Short Singapore III Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick I Westland Lysander III & IIIA Consolidated...
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Singapores, which were followed a year later by the Saro London, planning to convert later to Saro Lerwicks, but getting Supermarine Stranraers in June 1940...
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Shetland Basin of the North Sea, 186 kilometres (116 mi) north-east of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The field was discovered in 1971 with...
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Hastings Handley Page Hermes Nord Noratlas Nord Noroit Northrop Gamma 2L Saro A.36 Lerwick Short S.26 Short Seaford Short Solent Short Stirling SNCASE SE-1010...
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Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 (section Half-Saros)
BST. At Edinburgh the partial eclipse was 23.5%, whilst it was 36% in Lerwick in the Shetland Isles. The eclipse over Russia, Norway, and the Arctic...
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oilfield is an oilfield situated 169 kilometres (105 mi) north east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, in block numbers 210/25a. The Tern field was...
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Handley Page Clive UK Propeller Transport 1931 Twin-engined piston biplane Saro Cloud UK Propeller Navigational trainer 1933 1936 Twin-engined amphibious...
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of the A-20 Havoc, Douglas DB-7, and Douglas Boston Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick December 4 – Miles M.18 December 6 – K-2, first U.S. Navy K-class blimp...
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"Cherry") with the Imperial Japanese Navy Mid-1939 – Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick with the Royal Air Force′s No. 240 Squadron Lockheed Hudson with No. 224...
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