The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kuala Dungun, Malaya. 1941-07. A RAF truck on a ferry with recovered aircraft engine parts behind it from Hudson aircraft A16-14 of No. 8 Squadron RAAF. The aircraft had made a forced landing on the beach at Kuala Kemasik (46 miles north of Kuantan) due to shortage of fuel and bad weather. Note the local houses in the background on the south bank of the river. (Donor E. Cooke-Russell)
Kuala Kemasik, Malaya. 1941-07. Sid Cooke-Russell, a fitter with No. 8 Squadron RAAF, stands beside the remains of an upturned, extensively damaged Hudson A16-14 aircraft embedded in the sand of the b
Kuala Dungun, Malaya. 1941-07. A RAF truck with a canvas roof is driven off a ferry onto the bank of a river. It was used to carry a party of RAAF fitters involved in the salvage of the engine of Huds
Kuala Kemasik, Malaya. 1941-07. Sid Cooke-Russell, a fitter with No. 8 Squadron RAAF, stands beside the remains of an extensively damaged Hudson A16-14 aircraft embedded in the sand of the beach, 46 m
Kuala Dungun, Malaya. 1941-07. Local men roll the engine of a crashed Hudson aircraft A16-14 down a makeshift gangplank into a barge. The engines were salvaged from the aircraft after it made a forced
Kuala Dungun, Malaya. 1941-07. Two fitters with No. 8 Squadron RAAF, Corporal Les Easther and possibly Sergeant Jack May, watch from the shore as the engine of a crashed Hudson aircraft A16-14 is roll
Kuala Dungun, Malaya. 1941-07. A local village (kampong) on the coast near where Hudson aircraft A16-14 made a forced landing at Kuala Kemasik and parts were salvaged by fitters of No. 8 Squadron RAAF
