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Diardaoin, 28/Jul/2011

Sunderland Flying Boat on Islay Video

Just a very short video today, but if I'm not entirely mistaken this is likely to be the ‘oldest’ Islay I've found so far. A few years back I posted several wonderful videos from Islay in 1948, which are the oldest ones so far I can think of from the top of my head. The following one beats this by seven years if the information about it is correct:

YouTube: Short Sunderland Flying Boat Takeoff

According to a comment by bhirlinn it shows the following:

This aircraft was filmed on Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay, Scotland in November 1941. The pilot, Wing Commander Johnny Hyde was shot down over Norway, flying Beaufighters, in 1942. Film Cameraman was Jonah Jones..

There is quite a lot of other information about the Sunderland Flying Boats on Islay available on the internet:

• The Bowmore Harbour website has some information and pictures about the boats and their link to the pier
• On Ron's IslayInfo website we find a reprint of memories of the World War II tragedy Blackrock Islay
• The Peak District Air Accident Research website (which has expanded to other areas) has a page for the Short Sunderland Mk.III DV979 / F of No.246 Sqn, RAF, crashed near Black Rock on the Isle of Islay on the 24th January 1943.
• The Ileach flickr stream has a picture of a Sunderland Flying Boat on Loch Indaal winter 1942/3

I wonder if there's more old film material of the Sunderland Flying Boats on Islay somewhere?

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