Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Short Seaford was a development of the Short Sunderland flying boat for a longer ranged maritime patrol bomber for RAF Coastal Command. Initially developed as the "Sunderland Mark IV" the S.45 proved to be so different that it was given a different name. The Sunderland Mark IV was an outgrowth of a 1942 Air Ministry specification, R.8/42 which called for a generally improved Sunderland with more powerful Bristol Hercules engines, better defensive armament and other enhancements, intended for service in the Pacific.

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