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Offline Greybeard

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Sunderland
« on: 05.05. 2023 10:47 »
Groundcrew performing a routine overhaul on a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 210 Squadron RAF, moored in Oban Bay, Scotland.
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Re: Sunderland
« Reply #1 on: 05.05. 2023 11:46 »
"Flying porcupine " was a luftwaffe nickname for later variants due to number of guns fitted.
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Re: Sunderland
« Reply #2 on: 05.05. 2023 12:55 »
Interesting work platforms hooked over, apparently, purpose-built compartment covers.

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