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Museum Ref No: SA 063 ArmstrongEileen Armstrong describes her work as Launch Seawoman with the Imperial Airways flying boats in World War II. Recorded 1994
Audio video
Museum Ref No: Batting/Box 6/Aeroplanes/No.2Two flying boats in Poole Harbour. Yachts in picture. (Batting photograph)
Photograph
Museum Ref No: Batting/Box 6/Aeroplanes/No.1Flying boat GHX in Poole Harbour. Yachts in background. (Batting photograph)
Photograph
Museum Ref No: F3e_0021Two flying boats moored in the Wareham Channel in 1950. They are Short S.45 Solent 3 Class G-"AKNT Singapore" and "G-AKNU Sydney". Power Station in background.
Photograph
Museum Ref No: F3e_0018Two flying boats in Poole Harbour being viewed by people in boat "PE41 Sunshine", c.1946
Photograph
Museum Ref No: F3e_0019Flying boats moored in Poole Harbour, 1939-1948 period
Photograph
Museum Ref No: C_Hamworthy_0021View from Chemist's shop, Napier Road. Harbour; flying boats; unfinished minesweeper hulls; houses; Hamworthy 1954
Photograph
Museum Ref No: F3e_0014Men loading supplies for flying boats onto a boat belonging to Harvey's, the "Fairy Nymph", Poole Quay 1939-1947. Men on the boat, L-R: Charlie Harvey (owner), Jim Harvey (son of Charlie), Arthur "Dan Leno" Brown.
Photograph
Website of Poole Flying Boats Celebration.
Weblink
Log Book for RAF Flying Boat DD848
Images of Log Book Front Covers (inner and outer)
Image of "Wings For Victory Campaign 1943" showing Poole had provided £640,519 representing the cost of 12 Flying Boats
Image of first page of Flight Log Book, containing details of the aircraft and its armaments, Its allocated Squadron, 201, and its crew:
F/Lt Fairclough, S/L W. H. Flint, F/O I. L. Dunn, F/O M. Alexander, P/O P. Willert, F/O F. W. Lowth, Sgt J. Male, Sgt, A. Upton, Sgt Brown, Sgt Scarman and Sgt T. Augustus
Image of first page of Wartime Flying Operations starting in May 1943
Document
