Group plans repeat of flying
boat visit
The fascinating flying boat history of Pembroke Dock was
recalled when members and friends of the Pembrokeshire
Young Men’s Visual Impairment Group visited the Flying
Boat Centre Workshop in the Royal Dockyard.
Group members voted it a ‘thoroughly enjoyable
experience’ and plan to repeat the visit in the future.
They heard about Pembroke Dock’s vital contributions to
the Battle of the Atlantic Campaign in World War II and
of the rare Sunderland flying boat survivor which sank
in the Haven Waterway in 1940. Many parts of Sunderland
T9044 are on display at the Centre.
Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust Volunteers Chris Howell
and Alan Porter were on hand to relate some of the
stories of ‘PD’ and its flying boats and to tell the
Group about the artefacts from T9044 on display.
Joining the Group were Rebecca Thomas of the
Pembrokeshire Blind Society, Russell Rainford of
Pembrokeshire County Council’s Reablement Service, and
Kylene Rafferty, the Sunderland Trust’s Volunteer
Training and Development Officer.
Caption:
Pembrokeshire’s Young Men’s Visual Impairment Group
members and friends at the Pembroke Dock Flying Boat
Centre Workshop, together with Rebecca Thomas of the
Pembrokeshire Blind Society, Russell Rainford of
Pembrokeshire County Council and Sunderland Trust
Volunteers Chris Howell and Alan Porter.
PICTURE: Martin Cavaney Photography.