Sikorsky S-43 with Free French WWII

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Sikorsky S-43 F-AOUL with De Gaulles Free French WWII wearing the Cross of Lorraine

[MrWidgeon]

Now THAT'S a new on me, I haven't seen that shot before, Thanks !

Bill

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Probably still available on Ebay. afvintage on Flickr hasn't got it but has a few other nice shots of Aeromaritime S-43s https://www.flickr.com/photos/127737164 ... 2087837947

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2hVoZse] right-click for full image

[MrWidgeon]

Nice series, Thanks. Copied all to files.

Bill

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And from that trawl through French Ebay mentioned elsewhere, F-AQHY looking a bit abandoned...(maybe just post-war?)...right click for full pic

[MrWidgeon]

Thanks for the addition.

Bill

[geoffreybe]

Sikorsky S-43 F-AOUL with De Gaulles Free French WWII wearing the Cross of Lorraine

The final selling price was insane.
Another nice photo that's going to disappear into a private collection.
What a pity!

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It was out of my price range but it was a rare (unique?) photo....All praise then to the dealers who don't watermark their auction photos! ...Ebay seems to archive them for a few months

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And not in quite the right 'time zone' , but there's some Rudy Arnold/NASM Smithsonian photos of S-43 F-AQHY being loaded onto a barge at Floyd Bennett airfield in January 1938 at http://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?ea ... 56_ref1044 click to page2 for bulk

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And back in the right time-zone (WWII) at the end of some 1937 shots of Howard Hughes S-43 there is a single photo of the ex-Inter-Island-Airways twin-tail S-43B? ready for shipping to KNILM as PK-AFT http://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?ea ... 56_ref1045 (on page2)
Bill Larkins got a shot of sister-ship twin-tail PK-AFU probably also at Floyd Bennett