Sunderland book ‘flies’ with Trust’s help
Photographs now in the Archive of the Pembroke Dock
Sunderland Trust have been used to illustrate a
newly produced hardback book on the Short
Sunderland.
Written by former Coastal Command navigator Andrew
Hendrie the book - entitled Short Sunderland: The
Flying Porcupines in the Second World War’ - has
been published this year. It follows on the original
edition which was published in 1994.
After completing a tour on Hudson aircraft in
Coastal Command Andrew Hendrie flew in over 70
Sunderlands, the most famous of all the RAF’s flying
boats.
In the 1980s Andrew began researching and writing
about maritime air operations and several of his
books were published, including his excellent
history of the Sunderland.
Andrew died in 2004 and later his wife, Evelyn,
generously donated his collection of Sunderland
photographs, numbering over 500, to the Sunderland
Trust. These are now an important individual
collection within the Trust’s archive.
The help of the Sunderland Trust in sourcing the
photographs is acknowledged in the new book, copies
of which are on sale at the Pembroke Dock Flying
Boat Centre and at the Trust’s recently established
Fleets to Flying Boats Centre and Glass House Coffee
Shop, The Terrace, Royal Dockyard, Pembroke Dock.
This is an important addition to the wide range of
books on aviation and local history which are
available through the Sunderland Trust’s centres.
Published by Pen and Sword, Andrew Hendrie’s Short
Sunderland retails at £19.99.
Caption:
A line up of 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force, at Pembroke Dock - one of many photographs in
the Short Sunderland book