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Aircraft History Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (LAC) in Burbank. Constructors Number 1750. This Hudson did not have a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) serial number assigned. This Hudson was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp SCE-Gs. Disassembled and shipped overseas to Australia. Wartime History On February 9, 1940 assigned to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as Hudson serial number A16-1. On March 29, 1940 reassembled and test flown. On April 15, 1940 assigned to No. 1 Squadron. On July 17, 1940 this Hudson suffered a landing accident when it overshot the runway landing at Seletar Airfield, damaging the left wing, engines, undercarriage and fuselage. The next day, shipped to Australia for repairs by Clyde Engineering completed August 28, 1942. Three days later assigned to 1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU). During late November 1942 until January 1943 operated from Ward Drome (5 Mile Drome) near Port Moresby as part of a special transport flight of fourteen aircraft for "an indefinite period for the purposes of transporting troops, arms and equipment to the forward battle areas" in support of the Australian Army advancing on Buna, Gona and Sanananda. On December 15, 1942 took off from Port Moresby along with Hudson A16-36 and Hudson A16-127 on a mission to drop ammunition to Australian soldiers at at Soputa Airfield near Soputa. On January 1, 1943 took off from Port Moresby piloted by Flt Ronald G. Cornfoot, 250630 on a supply drop "biscuit bombing" mission in New Guinea. Fate On September 3, 1948 broken up for scrap. References ADF Serials - Hudson A16-1 RAAF Status Card - Hudson A16-1 WW2 Nominal Roll - Ronald Graham Cornfoot Contribute
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