Sunderland part 1

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1st Mk I Sunderland L2158

Destroyed Sunderland L5804 of No. 230 Squadron RAF Greece

Destroyed Sunderland L5804 of No. 230 Squadron RAF, Scaramanga Greece

Flying boat Sunderland L2160 in flight

Loading 450 lb depth charge, West Africa

Low-flying Sunderland

Low-flying Sunderland RB-G of No. 10 Squadron RAAF

Mk.I N9048 RB-A of No. 10 Squadron RAAF. Open dorsal gun mounts protected by metal windshields.

Short Sunderland 2

Short Sunderland 3

Short Sunderland 4

Short Sunderland 5

Short Sunderland II W3986 January 1943

Short Sunderland II W3989 of No. 228 Squadron RAF

Short Sunderland II ZM-Y of No. 201 Squadron RAF

Short Sunderland K4774 on the slipway at Rochester

Short Sunderland L2158

Short Sunderland L2158 6

Short Sunderland L2160 1938

Sunderland 1939

Sunderland 1939 2

Sunderland 1940

Sunderland 1942

Sunderland 204 Sqn

Sunderland 250lb Depth Charges

Sunderland DD829 201 Squadron U-Boat attack 7 June 1944

Sunderland GR V SZ570 45

Sunderland I

Sunderland I N9064 KG-F of No. 204 Squadron RAF

Sunderland I ZM-R P9606 201 Sqn Invergordon 1940

Sunderland III

Sunderland III EJ143 of No. 230 Squadron RAF Diego Garcia

Sunderland III EK591 of No. 422 Squadron RCAF Castle Archdale July 1944

Sunderland III W4004 10 Sqn RAAF Mount Batten, Plymouth 1942

Sunderland IIIA No. 10 Squadron RAAF 1945

Sunderland in ice and snow Pembroke Dock, No. 461 Squadron RAAF

Sunderland K4774 at MAEE Felixstowe 1938

Sunderland L2158 2

Sunderland L2158 4

Sunderland L2158, May 1938

Sunderland L2160

Sunderland L2160 3

Sunderland L2163 DA-G of No. 210 Squadron RAF

Sunderland L2163 DA-G of No. 210 Squadron RAF

Sunderland L2163 DA-G of No. 210 Squadron RAF escorting a Canadian Troop Convoy

Sunderland L2164

Sunderland L2165 of No. 210 Squadron RAF near Dover

Sunderland L2165 VG-B of No. 210 Squadron RAF 1939

Sunderland L5798 204 Sqn Gibraltar

Sunderland L5798 DA-A of No. 210 Squadron RAF

Sunderland L5802 204sqn 2

Sunderland L5802 of No. 204 Squadron RAF

Sunderland L5802 of No. 95 Squadron RAF Pembroke Dock

Sunderland L5802 over convoy

Sunderland L5806 1940

Sunderland L5806 in pre-war silver finish

Sunderland Mk I L2160 in flight

Sunderland Mk II and Stirling, Belfast Harbour

Sunderland Mk II T9083 October 1941

Sunderland Mk II T9083 October 1941

Sunderland Mk II W3984 in flight

Sunderland Mk III DW111 3-S of No. 423 Squadron RCAF Castle Archdale

Sunderland Mk V Prototype

Sunderland Mk.I N9029 of No. 230 Squadron RAF

Sunderland ML793, NZ4102 Hobsonville

Short Sunderland ML877 422 RCAF Pembroke Dock

Sunderland ML877 "G" of No. 422 Squadron RCAF Pembroke Dock December 1944

Sunderland N9021 of No. 202 Squadron RAF, Kalafrana Malta April 1939

Sunderland N9027 DA-J of No. 210 Squadron RAF

Sunderland N9029 230 Sqn

Sunderland N9029 Aboukir Bay

Sunderland N9030

Sunderland N9030 2

Sunderland N9046 in pre-war camouflage

Sunderland N9048 RB-A of No. 10 Squadron RAAF

Sunderland NJ256 RB-F of No. 10 Squadron RAAF

Sunderland being towed up slipway for repairs

Sunderland of No. 204 Squadron RAF being towed up slipway for repairs

Sunderland of No. 230 Squadron RAF, Scaramanga, Greece

Sunderland P9604 of No. 10 Squadron RAAF April 1941

Sunderland P9604 RB-J 10 Sqn RAAF Oban

Sunderland P9605 RB-K of No. 10 Squadron RAAF

Sunderland P9800 DQ-R of 228 No. Squadron RAF

Sunderland Pembroke Dock 39

Sunderland prototype 2

Sunderland prototype, 1937

Sunderland RB-H of No. 10 Squadron RAAF

Sunderland RB-S of No. 10 Squadron RAAF October 1942

Sunderland Rescues Crew near Sinking Kensington Court, 18 September 1939

Sunderland T9071 "M" of No. 230 Squadron RAF Libya

Sunderland T9072 204 Sqn on Dunlop beaching trolley

Sunderland W3981 ZM-W of No. 201 Squadron RAF

Sunderland W3983 RB-R of No. 10 Squadron RAAF Pembroke Dock

Sunderland W6058 of No. 246 Squadron RAF February 1943

Sunderlands May 1939

Sunderlands of No. 490 Squadron RNZAF

Sunderland was designed to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 and is virtually a military version of the Empire Boat. S.25 prototype K4774 flew on October 16, 1937 and following company trials was flown to the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE) at Felixstowe for assessment. In early June 1938 the first batch of production Sunderland Mk Is were delivered to No.230 Squadron based in Singapore. The Sunderland replaced the RAF’s mixed fleet of biplane flying boats and represented a huge leap in capability. The Sunderland, with its crew of ten, was heavily armed and became known to the Luftwaffe as the “Stachelschwein” (porcupine). Many times during the war a lone Sunderland fought off or defeated a number of attacking aircraft. Sunderland performed a vital role in World War Two with anti-submarine operations and convoy patrols. 28 squadrons flew Sunderlands in WW2. The type was also used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force while France’s Aéronavale had 19 reconditioned ex RAF aircraft. In 1948, RAF Sunderlands participated in the Berlin Airlift, while the final wartime operations were in Korea, ending in October 1954. The final RAF Sunderland flight was undertaken by ML797 on May 20, 1959.

Source: Great British Flying-boats - Aeroplane The World Encyclopedia of BOMBERS; An illustrated A-Z directory of bomber aircraft - Francis Crosby Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 1947 Sunderland at War - Chaz Bowyer Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2 - Jon Lake, Osprey Combat Aircraft 19 Aircraft Profile 189: The Short Sunderland Short Sunderland - Tony Buttler - Warpaint Series 25 Short Sunderland - Ken Delve - Crowood Aviation Series