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Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Aston Publications/Motorbooks, Osceola, WI. 1989. 192 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1933, the Air Ministry published a specification for a certain type of aircraft suitable for use all over the world. With `runways' being a thing of the future, the only option was an aircraft capable of landing on water and the Sunderland flying boat made by Short Brothers was born. In providing a fully detailed package on the subject, the book is divided into the, mostly, self-explanatory chapters of: Heritage, Into service, Development, Over the Med, Seek and destroy, Constant endeavour, Battle over the Bay, Atlantic triumph, West Africa skies, Kaleidoscope, From the cockpits, Peace and goodwill, Foreign forces, Queens in Mufti and Exports. These are followed by Appendices on; Service use, Squadrons, Sunderland Log, Production batches, Technical specifications/GA/Cutaway, U-boats claimed damaged/sunk and Civil use. All of these are preceded by an Introduction and Glossary of Abbreviations and followed by a Bibliography and Index. EB; 4to 11"-13" tall; 192 pages.