Diane Cain, 87, grew up in the Lake District until she was 12, as her dad worked at the Sunderland Flying Boat factory. The shop was originally owned by Diane Cain's uncle Jack Lewis, but when the ...

AP Photo The huge Sunderland flying boat soon began to break up and was left to the mercy of the sea, somewhere near apollonian in Cyrenaica, Libya, Jan. 31, 1942. As the men shivered while drying ...

As we take stock having successfully navigated a busy period, it’s good to note that a lot of things are coming together ...

Nothing would ever be quite so glorious for him again… To young Joe Pike and the crew of the Sunderland flying boat, the mission to rescue a British diplomat cut off by the Japanese seemed a routine ...

Sunderland forward Nazariy Rusyn is “close” to joining Croatian outfit Hajduk Split, and is flying out to complete his medical at the club “today”, according to reports. Now, however ...

Bottom-of-the-table Plymouth Argyle stunned promotion-chasing Sunderland by scoring a 90th minute equaliser to draw 2-2 in front of a 41,000 crowd at the Stadium of Light. The goal came from an ...

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Among the favorite ex-military warbirds in their arsenal were PBY Catalina amphibious flying boats, PB4-Y2 Privateer patrol bombers, and even Grumman Tigercat fighters and Douglas DC-6 airliners.