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Description A Consolidated Model 28-5 (P9630) moored at Felixstowe, Suffolk (UK), shortly after joining the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment for trials in July 1939. P9630 subsequently flew with Nos. 228, 240 and 210 Squadrons RAF on a number of early long-range reconnaissance sorties before returning to the MAEE with whom it was written off in a landing accident at Dumbarton in February 1940. The 'N' prefix in front of the serial number was applied by the United States Civil Aeronautics Administration for ferrying purposes.
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This photograph MH 3044 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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