The Short S.8/8 Rangoon was a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying boat designed and built by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force. In 1929 the RAF needed urgent replacements for the Supermarine Southampton IIs of No. 203 Squadron at Basra, and Air Ministry Specification S.18/29 called for a military variant of the Short Calcutta. The Rangoon was a straightforward military adaption of the Calcutta, with an enclosed cockpit for the pilots, rest bunks and enlarged fuel tanks, and three examples were first ordered. Six were produced and went into service in 1931, they were deployed to Gibraltar during the Abyssinia Crisis in September 1935, and all were retired from service at the end of 1935.
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designed and built by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force
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was a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying boat
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designed and built by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force
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was a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying boat
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a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying boat
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all were retired from service at the end of 1935
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Six were produced and went into service in 1931.
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