AWM Collection Record: MEB0043 - Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. August 1943. Aircrew of No. 459 (Naval Co-operation) Squadron RAAF, operating from an airfield in the desert prior to take-off in their Lockheed Hudson aircraft, ... AWM Collection Record: MEB0196 - Gambut, Libya. October 1943. Group Captain J. E. Graham (left), RAAF Liaison Officer, and Wing Commander A. D. Henderson of Sydney, NSW, watch the fitters at work on a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of ...
Seeing the Hudson reminded me of an incredible tragic air accident from 1940. Just imagine the aftermath of this terrible loss to a nation going to war. CRASH OF A LOCKHEED HUDSON 8 MILES FROM CANBERRA ON 13 AUGUST 1940 13 August 1940 - Crash of a Lockheed Hudson 8 miles from Canberra
This crew were all 2sq at Laverton Victoria. They are remembered at Brookwood memorial in Sydney, Ellalong cemetery NSW, Springvale (Melbourne) and the other at Melbourne General cemetery which I have on my database (attached) View attachment 793
