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Lockheed Hudson aircraft, A16-12, being flown by 260417 Flying Officer Neville Gerald Hemsworth with Second Pilot Flying Officer David Campbell, while both pilots were undertaking the Hudson Conversion Course with No. 2 Squadron RAAF. Hemsworth and Campbell flew with 1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU) Detached Flight in late 1942 on supply drops during the Buna campaign, where Hemsworth was shot down and badly burned; both were awarded the DFC (Campbell received a bar to his DFC) and both commanded squadrons later in the war. This photograph was taken from Hudson A16-80 flown by Flight Lieutenant Robert W B Cuming. Cuming and nine others were killed on 20 January 1942 when his 2 Squadron Hudson stalled on take off from Penfui aerodrome in Timor, laden with men and stores for the RAAF advanced operational base at Namlea on Buru Island. Cuming's brother, Captain Jack Colin Cuming, 27th Battalion, was killed in action at Gona on 29 November 1942 while leading his rifle company in an assault on Japanese positions near Small Creek.
Lockheed Hudson aircraft, A16-12, being flown by 260417 Flying Officer Neville Gerald Hemsworth with Second Pilot Flying Officer David Campbell, while both pilots were undertaking the Hudson Conversio
A group portrait of the members of two training courses at 1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU). The front three rows are Beaufort crews, while the back three rows are Hudson crews. There were 12 Hudso
Probably RAAF Station Richmond, NSW. Lockheed Hudson A16-7 with a damaged undercarriage, possibly after a landing accident, and before full RAAF markings had been applied and a turret fitted, presumab
A flight of three Lockheed Hudson aircraft from No. 23 Squadron RAAF based at Amberley. Nearest camera is A16-3 flown by 22 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Phillip Walter Howson, OBE. In the centre is A16
A flight of three Lockheed Hudson aircraft from 23 Squadron, RAAF, based at Amberley. Nearest camera is A16-3 flown by 22 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Phillip Walter Howson, OBE. In the centre is A16-38
A flight of three Lockheed Hudson aircraft from No. 23 Squadron RAAF based at Amberley. Nearest camera is A16-3 flown by 22 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Phillip Walter Howson, OBE. In the centre is A16
