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| Keywords: Lockheed Hudson 13 Sqn RAAF in flight 1941.jpg A RAAF Lockheed Hudson Mk I aircraft s/n A16-66 in flight with Raymond Garrett as the pilot Note the absence of a gun turret on this aircraft On 28 and 29 November 1941 A16-66 had been involved with three other Hudsons from No 13 Squadron RAAF in the fruitless search for survivors of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney Each Hudson flew from dawn until dusk in parallel searches operating from Broome Port Hedland and Carnarvon in Western Australia but found nothing 13 Squadron moved from Darwin to Ambon on 7 December 1941 to provide air support to the Dutch forces stationed there Later on 26 January 1942 A16-66 and two other Hudsons A16-125 and -71 were destroyed on the ground when four Japanese A6M2 Zeros from the 3rd Kokatai that strafed Halong naval base on Ambon Island 128838 1941 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Lockheed Hudson in Australian service Black and white photographs | ||||
