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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art and Artists World War Two Aircraft More Aircraft Initials E to J  Hudson |
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Hudson Attack by Marii Chernev. On October 5th 1942 Lockheed Hudson N of 269 Squadron encountered and sank U-619 which was on its first patrol. |
| Hudson Pilot and aircrew signature details |
 Flight Lieutenant Owen V Burns Our estimated value of this signature : £35 Died : 2015 | Flight Lieutenant Owen V Burns Flight Lieutenant Owen V Burns was born in Birkenhead on 20th November 1915. He flew throughout the Battle of Britain. His Squadron, 235, based at Bircham Newton in Norfolk, was equipped with Mark IV Bristol Blenheims, which had four guns under the nose and two in the mid-upper turret, which he operated. The squadron was attached to Fighter Command to replace its losses in the Battle for France, but because Blenheims lacked the speed of single-engined fighters, squadron duties were mainly aerodrome protection and fighter escort to aircraft crossing the Channel. On 14th February 1941 his Blenheim was caught in an enemy raid while returning from a night patrol over the North Sea. The aircraft crashed on landing as the flare path had been extinguished. The observer was killed and the pilot spent a year in hospital, but Owen escaped with a broken collar bone. Owen Burns went onto join 279 Sqn on Hudsons carrying out Air Sea Rescues. In January 1945 he was appointed Gunnery Officer for 19 Group, Plymouth and a month later he became PA to AOC, AVM CBS Spackman. He left the RAF in March 1948. Owen Burns died on 30th June 2015 aged 99. |
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* Our estimated value of this signature : £45 Died : 2007 | Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* Lewis Hodges flew with 49 Sqn from June 1940 until he was shot down over occupied France in Sept 1940 and taken prisoner by the Vichy French. He managed to escape and made his way back to England, rejoining 49 Sqn. He took part in the attacks against the German Channel dash operation in Feb 1942. In Nov of that year he joined 161 (Special Duties) Sqn, flying Halifaxes, Lysanders and Hudsons landing and parachuting agents into German occupied territory. Among the people he brought out of France were two future Presidents - Vincent Auriol and Francois Mitterand. He died 4th January 2007. |
Max R Stanley Our estimated value of this signature : £15 | Max R Stanley Max Stanley's first employment as a professional pilot was by Lockheed as a co-pilot ferrying newly built Hudson bombers from the Burbank factory to the East Coast. These aircraft were then shipped by boat to England. With the advent of America's Lend Lease Program, Lockheed loaned Max to Pan Am where he spent two years as a Captain shuttling all types of twin-engine aircraft from Miami across the South Atlantic to British forces in Africa, Egypt and India. When Pan American terminated its ferry operations, Max was employed by United Air Lines as a Captain of four-engine cargo/passenger aircraft flying the route from San Francisco to Australia. In early 1943 Max resigned from United and accepted an offer of employment from Northrop as an experimental test pilot. His war time work included serving as the primary test pilot on the P-61 Black Widow program, where he made the first flight in all variants accept the XP-61. He also recorded first flights in the Northrop F-15, the Trimotor Pioneer, and the Trimotor C-125 Raider. Max also participated as a test pilot in the F-89 Scorpion and T-38 Talon programs. His most significant test pilot assignments involved his participation in Jack Northrop's Flying Wing program. Max made numerous flights in the N-9M, which was a 1/3 d scale model of a large flying wing bomber. When the first full size aircraft was ready, the X13-35, Max was selected as Chief Test Pilot of the huge flying wing for the Contractor Phase 1 Test Program, and began preparing for the first flights. As the program evolved, Northrop's designers converted the B-35, which was powered by four huge piston engines, into the Y13-49, which was powered by eight early jet engines. Max was also selected to be Northrop's Chief Test Pilot on the B-49. During the course of this program Max would set a World Record for jet aircraft with a non-stop, unrefueled flight of 3,950 miles in a little over 9 hours, while carrying a simulated 10,000 pound bomb load. Once the Air Force accepted delivery, Max turned over primary test pilot chores to his Air Force counterpart on the program, Bob Cardenas. Max's next assignment was with the SM-62 Snark missile program where he served as the Chief Pilot for the numerous manned aircraft which were used during the development and testing of the missile. Max Stanley is a Founding Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and he served for several years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots Scholarship Foundation. Max is also a member of the Caterpillar Club, having qualified on two occasions. After a twenty-eight year career at Northrop, Max is generally known as the 'Dean' of Northrop test pilots. |
Flying Officer J A Tommy Thomas Our estimated value of this signature : £20 | Flying Officer J A Tommy Thomas Trained in 1941/2 as a winch operator on Fairy Battles and Lysanders, target towing for Spitfire OUT. In 1942 Tommy remustered as Air Gunner and in 1943 he joined 161Special Duties Squadron at Tempsford on Halifaxes B flight, He later detached to A flight on Hudsons and Lysanders for mail pick-up duties. His training and quick thinking saved him and Bob Large when on one memorable flight Tommy reacted instantly to a tow wire fouling the elevators of their Lysander. Between July 43 and July 45 he completed 33 Ops. out of Tempsford and Tangmere. |
Fl/Lt G A White Our estimated value of this signature : £20 | Fl/Lt G A White Fl/Lt G A White volunteered for the RAF in January 1940, aged 19. He trained as a Wop/Ag and from October of that year, flew on 86 operational flights on Lockheed Hudsons of 206 and 279 Squadrons of Coastal Command, totalling 923 operational flying hours. On one occasion, in November 1941, after successfully bombing and sinking one of three German mine sweepers off Ushant at low level, the port engine caught fire from the intensive return barrage from all three ships. 'With the pilot, Sgt John Whitfield DFM, of 206, we somehow managed to make it back to Predannock in Cornwall, smoking all the way!'. Commissioned in May 1942, and after an official suggestion, as a result of his operational experience, he volunteered to fly Spitfires without guns. Qualifying as a PR pilot, he joined 682 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in May 1945 at San Severo, Italy, where he took part in high level photography up until VE Day in Mk XIs. In August 1945 he became Staff Photographic Officer for Desert Air Force until his discharge in 1946. |
| Hudson Squadron details |
No.117 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 17th December 1945 Known Codes : , LD, LQ, | No.117 Sqn RAF It shall be done |
No.161 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 2nd June 1945 Known Codes : , MA, JR, | No.161 Sqn RAF Liberate |
No.206 Sqn RAF Country : UK Known Codes : , PQ, VX, WD, | No.206 Sqn RAF Nihil nos effugit - Naught escapes us |
No.220 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 10th July 1963 Known Codes : , 8D, HU, MB, NR, PK, ZZ, | No.220 Sqn RAF We observe unseen |
No.224 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 31st October 1966 Known Codes : , PW, QA, QX, XB, | No.224 Sqn RAF Fedele all amico - Faithful to a freind |
No.233 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 31st January 1964 Known Codes : , EY, 5T, ZS, | No.233 Sqn RAF Fortis et fidelis - Strong and faithful |
No.251 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 30th September 1946 Known Codes : , AD, | No.251 Sqn RAF However wind blows |
No.267 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 30th June 1970 Known Codes : , KW, | No.267 Sqn RAF Sine mora - Without delay |
No.269 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 24th May 1963 Known Codes : , HK, KL, UA, | No.269 Sqn RAF Omnia videmus - We see all things |
No.279 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 10th March 1946 Known Codes : , OS, RL, | No.279 Sqn RAF To see and be seen |
No.320 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 2nd August 1945 Known Codes : , NO, TD, | No.320 Sqn RAF Dutch Animo libere dirigimur - We are guided by the mind of liberty |
No.357 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 15th November 1945 | No.357 Sqn RAF (Special Duties) Mortem hostibus - We bring death to the enemy |
No.407 Sqn RCAF Country : Canada Disbanded 4th June 1945 Known Codes : , RR, RX, | No.407 Sqn RCAF Demon To hold on high |
No.459 Sqn RAAF Country : Australia Disbanded 10th April 1945 Known Codes : , GK, | No.459 Sqn RAAF |
No.48 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 7th January 1976 Known Codes : , OY, I2, ZW, | No.48 Sqn RAF Forte et fidele |
No.500 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 10th March 1957 Known Codes : , MK, RAA, SQ, S7, | No.500 Sqn RAF County of Kent (Auxiliary) Qua fata vocent - Whither the fates may call |
No.519 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 31st May 1946 Known Codes : , Z9, | No.519 Sqn RAF Undaunted by weather |
No.521 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 1st April 1946 Known Codes : , 5O, TE, | No.521 Sqn RAF 521 Squadron was formed on the 1st August 1941 from No 1401 Flight at Bircham Newton, it continued to conduct meteorological reconnaissance duties. 521 Squadron flew Hudsons and Blenheims for North Sea patrol duties, Spitfires and Mosquitoes over Europe. It was disbanded when it was divided into Flights again, No's 1401 and 1409. But on the 1st September 1943 it was reformed in its previous role at Docking. 521 Squadron was re equipped with Hampdens, Hudsons and Gladiators, with Venturas arriving in December 1943. In August 1944 Hurricanes joined the Gladiators and Hudsons returned to replace the Venturas in September 1944. In December 1944 Flying Fortress IIs arrived for long range sorties and these were operated together with Mk IIIs from May 1945 until February 1946. Halifax Mk.III bombers replaced the Flying Fortresses in December 1945 and following the withdrawal of the Fortresses, 521 Squadorn was disbanded on 1st April 1946 at Chivenor. |
No.59 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 4th January 1961 Known Codes : , AE, BY, PJ, TR, WE, | No.59 Sqn RAF Ab uno disce omes - From one learn all |
No.608 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 10th March 1957 Known Codes : , PG, 6T, UL, | No.608 Sqn RAF North Riding (Auxiliary) Omnibus ungulis - With all talons |
No.62 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 30th September 1964 Known Codes : , FX, JO, PT, | No.62 Sqn RAF Inseperato - Unexpectedly |
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