The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 beach (46 miles north of Kuantan). The aircraft had made a forced landing due to bad weather and shortage of fuel. The engines were subsequently salvaged and taken back to Kuala Dungun by ferry. (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 extensively damaged Hudson A16-14 aircraft embedded in the sand of the beach, 46 m
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 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 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
