ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AW.23

Short S.23 Empire flying boat.

Short S.23 Empire flying boat G-ADUV 'Cambria' with
Armstrong Whitworth AW.23 tanker in 1938 trials.


ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AW.23 - Single prototype (K3585) bomber/transport to C.26/31, first flown on June 4, 1935, became a tanker for Flight Refuelling Ltd in 1937. Registered G-AFRX in April 1939. stored at Ford Aerodrome, Sussex, before War started and destroyed there in enemy air raid on August 18, 1940.