ZK-AMB  Shorth S25 Sandringham 4                                  (c/n  SH.30C)

                                 

                                      ZK-AMB was one of four Short Sandringhams (a conversion of the Sunderland Mk III long
                                      range patrol aircraft) acquired by Tasman Empire Airlines in 1946 to replace the Short S.30s.
                                      ZK-AMB was the former RAF Sunderland ML761.  It was sold to Qantas in Australia in
                                      April 1950 becoming VH-EBW.       As such it was written off in a crash at Port Vila in the
                                      New Hebrides on 10 June 1951.   The above photo is via the Bob Smith collection.