Short S.25 Sunderland 
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The Sunderland was developed from the Imperial Airways Empire civilian flying boat.
 It represented a dramatic increase in fighting capability over earlier, biplane boats. 
From the outbreak of war in 1939 the Sunderland was ceaselessly at work hunting and destroying U-boats,
 rescuing seamen and engaging so effectively with enemy aircraft that the Luftwaffe nicknamed it 'the flying porcupine'. On many occasions a single Sunderland fought off five or more hostile aircraft.
 One was attacked by six Ju-88's, shooting down three of the German aircraft and driving off the others. 
The Mark III introduced an improved hull form and - from 1940 onwards - Sunderlands of all marks carried ASV radar,
 Leigh lights for illuminating surfaced submarines, and increasingly advanced avionics.  


739 Sunderlands were built - 240 of them at Dumbarton by Blackburn.  The veteran flying boat's last sortie took place on  
15 May 1959 from Singapore - where Sunderlands had begun their combat duty 21 years earlier.
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Data 
(Sunderland Mk.III) 
Origin 
Short Brothers, also built by Blackburn Aircraft Company, Dumbarton 
Type 
Four-engine flying boat 
Function 
Long-range reconnaisance / Maritime patrol / Anti-submarine / Rescue 
Crew 
Typically thirteen 
Dimensions 
Span 112' 10" (34.39 metres)  /  Length 85' 4" (26.01 metres) 
Wing area 1,487 square feet (138.14 sq. metres) 
Weights 
33,000 lb (14969 kg) empty /  58,000 lb maximum take-off weight 
Engines 
Four 1,066 hp (794-kW) Bristol Pegasus XVIII nine-cylinder radials 
Performance 
Maximum speed 212 mph (341 km/hr) /  Service ceiling 15,000 ft (4570 metres) 
Range 3,000 miles (4830 km) at 145 mph (233 km/hr) / Endurance 20 hours 
Armament 
Twin 0.5 inch Browning machine-guns fired from waist hatches 
plus twelve 0.303 Browning machine-guns 
(four fixed forward-firing, two in nose turret, two in mid-upper turret, four in tail turret) 
Assorted ordnance - bombs or depth charges - to total load of 4,960 lb (2250 kg) 
(these were carried in hull and cranked out under wings prior to attack)
 


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EAW MODEL DESCRIPTION (Credits):

Skin:_____________ Karel Chvojka.(only base for next evelop)
3Dz model:________ Karel Chvojka.(missing antenas-sorry)
FLT files:________ ?(ECApanel)


EAW Compatibility:

pbb17 slot 
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