The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the crew and ground staff standing in front of a Lockheed Hudson bomber aircraft of No. 2 Squadron RAAF. Note the bombs ready to be loaded onto the aircraft. Leading Aircraftman Russell is standing second from left (3). The Hudson (constructor's no 6495) is A16-242, which, late in the evening of 13 March 1943 had departed from Batchelor with Hudson A1 6-238 to carry out an anti-submarine patrol ahead of 'Bathurst' class minesweeper HMAS Latrobe which was escorting ammunition supply issuing ship SS Darvel and SS Burwah. These merchantmen usually ran supplies from Darwin to such locations as Thursday Island and Millingimbi. Pilot Flying Officer Graham was forced to crash land A16-242 at Annisley Point on the Coburg Peninsula early the next morning and the Hudson was written off and converted to components. The crew were uninjured.
At this operational base in the north, RAAF bomber crews flying American Lockheed Hudson light bombers prepare for an attack on Japanese bases in the Pacific. The pilot runs up an engine for checking
Members of No. 2 (Hudson) Squadron RAAF stand beside their aircraft having just returned from operations. Identified personnel are: Wing Commander J M Whyte, Commanding Officer (wearing a steel helmet
Lockheed Hudson bombers of No. 2 Squadron, RAAF, at the end of the runway prior to taking off on an operational flight. The Hudson aircraft in the foreground, (constructor's no 6422) is A16-161, which
Assembly of Lockheed Hudsons at RAAF Station Richmond being undertaken by members of No 2 Aircraft Depot (2 AD), after being received in component form from America. Hudsons were also assembled at No
Portrait of a No. 2 Squadron RAAF Hudson light bomber crew standing in front of their aircraft, A16-177 (constructor's no 6349). Left to right: Hugh Reilly, Pilot Officer (PO) Ron Ryan, 408811 Flying
Two Mark 1 RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft from 1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU) in flight, viewed from a third. The foreground Hudson, A16-34, carries a three-digit constructor's number (285) on its
