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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art and Artists World War Two Squadrons UK and Commonwealth No.270 Sqn to No.438 Sqn  No.422 Sqn RCAF |
[UP] - No.270 Sqn - No.272 Sqn - No.274 Sqn - No.303 Sqn - No.305 Sqn - No.308 Sqn - No.315 Sqn - No.332 Sqn - No.350 Sqn - No.357 Sqn - No.401 Sqn - No.402 Sqn RCAF - No.404 Sqn RCAF - No.405 Sqn RCAF - No.412 Sqn RCAF - No.414 Sqn RCAF - No.418 Sqn RCAF - No.422 Sqn RCAF - No.433 Sqn RCAF - No.438 Sqn RCAF |
This arm shall do it
This squadron and No.423 Sqn were the only Canadian squadrons to fly the Sunderland.
| No.422 Sqn RCAF Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings Aviation Prints |
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Touchdown by Ivan Berryman. A Short Sunderland Mk111 of 422 Squadron alights on to a moderate sea at Castle Archdale in 1944. |
Guardian of the Skies by John Young. After a long patrol, a Short Sunderland III of No.422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, makes a low pass over RAF Pembroke Dock in Milford Haven, South Wales. |
| No.422 Sqn RCAF Aircraft details |
 Sunderland Manufacturer : Short Built : 749 | Sunderland The Short Sunderland, Patrol and Reconnaissance Flying Boat. normal crew level 10. maximum speed of 210mph for Mark I, 205mph Mark II and Mark III, and 213mph Mark V. ceiling 17,900 feet and range of 2110 miles (mk I) 2880 miles for Mark V. endurance in the air 13.5 hours. The Sunderland carries 1 .303 machine gun in the nose, (mark I) and four .303 browning machine guns in the Tail Turret. Also in the Mark II four Vickers .303 inch machine guns were used in the body positions. and four browning machineguns in the nose flanks in the Mark III. Maximum bomb load of 4960 lbs. Based on the design of the Civil Empire class flying boat. The Short Sunderland entered service with the Royal Air Force in June 1938 with 230 squadron. and by the end of the war, 20 squadrons of the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force were equipped with Sunderland's. By the end of the production in 1946 a total of 749 were built, The roles the Short Sunderland played, mainly were in Maritime and anti Submarine duties, especially in the battle of the Atlantic, The Sunderland accounted for 58 U-Boats sunk or badly damaged. The Sunderland was also used in other theatres of the war and in the Mediterranean helped in the evacuation of troops from Crete and Greece, as well as helping in the evacuation of troops in Burma. The Short Sunderland remained in service with the Royal Air Force until 1959. used during the Korean War, The Berlin Air Lift, and during Operation Firedog, , The Malayan Emergency. |
| No.422 Sqn RCAF Pilot and aircrew signature details |
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