The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The happy crew of Lockheed Hudson A16-246 of 6 Squadron RAAF after their return from attacking Japanese destroyers which had been shelling Australian positions in Milne Bay during the final phase of the Japanese operation. Identified, left to right: 409412 Pilot Officer (PO) Stuart W Irving, Wireless Air Gunner (WAG) and Second Pilot; 416074 Sergeant (Sgt) Cedric L Hawkes, Navigator; 411756 PO William A de Salis, pilot; and 411954 Sgt Gordon D Rugg, WAG. De Salis's crew bombed and strafed the Japanese destroyer fleet twice during September, on 3 and 11, both raids in A16-245. The remainder of the month was spent flying patrols and searches of the islands and inlets in the Milne Bay region. Although the Squadron was based at Horn Island, de Salis's crew were part of a detachment of 6 Squadron Hudsons reinforcing Milne Bay.
The happy crew of Lockheed Hudson A16-246 of 6 Squadron RAAF after their return from attacking Japanese destroyers which had been shelling Australian positions in Milne Bay during the final phase of t
Portrait of 411756 Pilot Officer William A de Salis at the controls of his Lockheed Hudson aircraft (A16-246) of 6 Squadron RAAF during a mission. Although the Squadron was based at Horn Island, de Sa
A crew of a Lockheed Hudson aircraft from No 2 Squadron RAAF, alongside one of the other Squadron aircraft (A16-241). Left to right: 411985 Sergeant (Sgt, later Pilot Officer [PO]) Trevor William Bass
Batchelor, NT. 1943. Group portrait of members of No. 2 Squadron RAAF in front of a Lockheed Hudson bomber aircraft. Left to right: Back row: Sergeant (Sgt) Hugh Reilly, Wireless Air Gunner (WAG); Sgt
A crew of No. 2 Squadron RAAF standing alongside a Squadron Lockheed Hudson aircraft. Left to right: 414214 Sergeant (Sgt) D F Ellis, Wireless Air Gunner (WAG) of Brisbane, Qld; 414206 Sgt B B Daley,
Informal group portrait of Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Ray Kelly's crew outside their tent just prior to an anti-submarine patrol in their B Flight, 6 Squadron RAAF Lockheed Hudson, A16-177. Left to ri
