CFS3
Hi All,
Just a heads up that the Lockheed Hudson package has been uploaded. below is the readme file contents for full details of the package and the people who made it possible.
regards Rob.
CFS3 Lockheed Hudson package 2014.
This pack contains 20 aircraft which are broken into 3 groups
1. ETO - 8 aircraft (4 x MkI, 1 x MkIII, 1 x MVI, 1 x PBO-1) RAF, Coastal Command, RCAF, US Navy.
2. MTO - 5 aircraft (2 x MkIIIA, 2 x MkIII 1x A29A) RAF, RAAF, USAAF.
3. PTO - 7 aircraft (2 x MkI, 3 x MkIV, 1 x MkIVA, 1x Ki56-Japanese licence built) RAAF, RNZAF, IJAAF.
The individual aircraft names start with SJE_ (ETO) SJM_ (MAW) and SJP_ (PTO) just to help identify which thearter of ops they belong too.
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The following people are responsible for the package:
Original Mesh Files used in convertion to CFS3 format created by Dave Carroll then improved and converted to cfs2 by Paul Straney.
Modelling/convertion work of main model: Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt.
Modelling of new virtual cockpits/gun sations by Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt.
All Textures by John (Bravo/4) Whelan.
Mos File by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson.
XDP compilation, pylons, historical content, plane set construction by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson.
Bomb sight by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson.
Help files by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson.
Flight Model By Ted (Nachtpiloten) Kaniuk.
Weapons by AvHistory, Ted (Nachtpiloten) Kaniuk. Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson.
Setting contact points in config file by Tom (Hairyspin) Faulds.
Testing: Grizzly50, Gecko, HouseHobbit, Old Tiger, ndicki, Brav0/4.
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Note: if installed into stock CFS3 it will require the following addons to be installed:
*NEK redux edition by Rick Rutherford. this will give you the extra countries required for the aircraft set. If you do not install the NEK set all planes wil show under Britain.
If installed into ETO, Rising Sun or MAW addons then no extra files are required, planes will show in their correct country slots.
**************INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.***********************
!!!!READ ALL OF THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING ANYTHING!!!!!!
Unzip to a temporary folder: You will see folders called "ETO", "MAW", "Rising Sun" "CFS3" and a folder called "Generic to all installs" inside these folders you will find the required files for each game version. (note the CFS3 folder only has the effects file in it, for aircraft etc see the other folders)
Place individual aircraft folders into games main aircraft folder (includes DR_Engine_Sounds and SJ_Hudson_shared folders).
Place lose Pylon files into games main pylon folder. (allow to overwrite if asked)
Place individual weapon folders into games main weapon folder. (allow to overwrite if asked)
Place gun files into games main guns folder. (allow to overwrite if asked)
Place the effects files into the main effects folder. (allow to overwrite if asked)
if not editing your own effects file then copy the effects.xml file into the main folder of the required installation. back up original first! if editing your own file read below.
********* IMPORTANT do this next step carefully.....************
two of the weapons included use FX textures to display parachute dropped crates and supply containers.
(I have included effects files for all games with edits already included, but I strongly suggest you edit your own effects file by following these instructions)
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Editing the effects.xml file for ETO. in the ETO, Rising Sun addons you only need to add one set of effects as the addon already contains the entry for the supply container.
You need to add these lines of text to your efects file. Make a back up copy of your games effects file.
open the effects file (with notepad) and search for- fx_container -this will take you down to the part of the effects file where you will see: fx_container and the full entry for this effect looks like this:
<fx_container ClassName="ParticleEffect" EmitterShape="Point" EmitterRadius="0" EmitterLifetime=".01" EmitterPosX="0" EmitterPosY="180" EmitterPosZ="0" ZBias="0.0" EmissionAngleHoriz="0" EmissionAngleVert="0" EmissionSpread="0" EmissionRate="0" EmissionRateVar="0" InitialDelay="0" InitialCount="1" MinDistance="1" MaxDistance="12000" StopMethod="0" ZSort="0" UprightSprite="0" RandomStartRotation="0" RandomRotationDirection="0" Lifetime="300" LifetimeVar="0" Speed="10" SpeedVar="0" MaxSpeed="300" MaxSpeedVar="0.0" Accel="0" AccelVar="0.0" AccelTime="0.0" Gravity="-1" Drag="0.0" DragDelay="0.0" InheritVelocity=".6" Size="28" SizeVar="0" MaxSize="28" MaxSizeVar="0" GrowRate="0" GrowRateVar="0" RotationRate="0" RotationRateVar="0" FadeInTime="0" InitialColor="255 255 255" InitialAlpha="255" Color="255 255 255" Alpha="255" FadeOutTime="0" FinalColor="255 255 255" FinalAlpha="255" Texture="container.dds" BlendMode="QuadSprite"/>
make a gap and paste the text listed below into the gap.
<fx_supply_crate ClassName="ParticleEffect" EmitterShape="Point" EmitterRadius="0" EmitterLifetime=".01" EmitterPosX="0" EmitterPosY="180" EmitterPosZ="0" ZBias="0.0" EmissionAngleHoriz="0" EmissionAngleVert="0" EmissionSpread="0" EmissionRate="0" EmissionRateVar="0" InitialDelay="0" InitialCount="1" MinDistance="1" MaxDistance="12000" StopMethod="0" ZSort="0" UprightSprite="0" RandomStartRotation="0" RandomRotationDirection="0" Lifetime="300" LifetimeVar="0" Speed="10" SpeedVar="0" MaxSpeed="300" MaxSpeedVar="0.0" Accel="0" AccelVar="0.0" AccelTime="0.0" Gravity="-1" Drag="0.0" DragDelay="0.0" InheritVelocity=".6" Size="28" SizeVar="0" MaxSize="28" MaxSizeVar="0" GrowRate="0" GrowRateVar="0" RotationRate="0" RotationRateVar="0" FadeInTime="0" InitialColor="255 255 255" InitialAlpha="255" Color="255 255 255" Alpha="255" FadeOutTime="0" FinalColor="255 255 255" FinalAlpha="255" Texture="supply_crate_para.dds" BlendMode="QuadSprite"/>
Now close and save the effects file. (side note for ETO, the upcoming ETO-1.41 update will already have these entries included so no need to re-apply once you have installed the new version of ETO)
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Editing the effects file for CFS3 and the MAW addon (and any other addon install you may have) you will need to add both weapons effects entires. open the effects file (with notepad) and scroll all the way to the bottom of the effects file. the last entry you see is: </Effects>
You need to copy this text and put it above the last line that says </Effects>
<fx_container ClassName="ParticleEffect" EmitterShape="Point" EmitterRadius="0" EmitterLifetime=".01" EmitterPosX="0" EmitterPosY="180" EmitterPosZ="0" ZBias="0.0" EmissionAngleHoriz="0" EmissionAngleVert="0" EmissionSpread="0" EmissionRate="0" EmissionRateVar="0" InitialDelay="0" InitialCount="1" MinDistance="1" MaxDistance="12000" StopMethod="0" ZSort="0" UprightSprite="0" RandomStartRotation="0" RandomRotationDirection="0" Lifetime="300" LifetimeVar="0" Speed="10" SpeedVar="0" MaxSpeed="300" MaxSpeedVar="0.0" Accel="0" AccelVar="0.0" AccelTime="0.0" Gravity="-1" Drag="0.0" DragDelay="0.0" InheritVelocity=".6" Size="28" SizeVar="0" MaxSize="28" MaxSizeVar="0" GrowRate="0" GrowRateVar="0" RotationRate="0" RotationRateVar="0" FadeInTime="0" InitialColor="255 255 255" InitialAlpha="255" Color="255 255 255" Alpha="255" FadeOutTime="0" FinalColor="255 255 255" FinalAlpha="255" Texture="container.dds" BlendMode="QuadSprite"/>
<fx_supply_crate ClassName="ParticleEffect" EmitterShape="Point" EmitterRadius="0" EmitterLifetime=".01" EmitterPosX="0" EmitterPosY="180" EmitterPosZ="0" ZBias="0.0" EmissionAngleHoriz="0" EmissionAngleVert="0" EmissionSpread="0" EmissionRate="0" EmissionRateVar="0" InitialDelay="0" InitialCount="1" MinDistance="1" MaxDistance="12000" StopMethod="0" ZSort="0" UprightSprite="0" RandomStartRotation="0" RandomRotationDirection="0" Lifetime="300" LifetimeVar="0" Speed="10" SpeedVar="0" MaxSpeed="300" MaxSpeedVar="0.0" Accel="0" AccelVar="0.0" AccelTime="0.0" Gravity="-1" Drag="0.0" DragDelay="0.0" InheritVelocity=".6" Size="28" SizeVar="0" MaxSize="28" MaxSizeVar="0" GrowRate="0" GrowRateVar="0" RotationRate="0" RotationRateVar="0" FadeInTime="0" InitialColor="255 255 255" InitialAlpha="255" Color="255 255 255" Alpha="255" FadeOutTime="0" FinalColor="255 255 255" FinalAlpha="255" Texture="supply_crate_para.dds" BlendMode="QuadSprite"/>
Now save and close the effects file.
Or as stated above you can simply use the included effects files if you do not wish to edit your own; simply take the effects file from the folder labbeled for the game in question and place it into the main game installtion folder.
If you do not edit the effects or use the supplied effects file, no real harm will be done. It just means you wont see the parachute effects for the supply container and parachute crates in game when you drop them.
Thats it your done, enjoy the new planes.
Any questions please post on Simouthouse CFS3 forum. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...ral-Discussion
Copyright Stephen Seybolt 2014.
No part of this package may be uploaded to any sight that charges a fee; or included in any payware packages.
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Lockheed Hudson Mk.I
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Unit: 206 Sqn Coastal Command
Serial: Unknown
Code: VX-V
RAF Hooton Park,
England.
April 1940.
The squadron was reformed at RAF Manston from a flight of No. 48 Squadron on 15 June 1936, with Avro Ansons as part of the new RAF Coastal Command. It moved to RAF Bircham Newton on 30 July that year. It initially operated as a training squadron, but later assigned to maritime patrols.
On the outbreak of the Second World War, the Squadron entered into a routine of patrols with its Ansons from Bircham Newton with detachments at other bases around the United Kingdom, including RAF Carew Cheriton in South Wales and RAF Hooton Park on the Mersey. The squadron's attacked German submarines on two occasions in September, with no effect (the 100 lb (45 kg) anti-submarine bombs used by the RAF at the time were ineffective weapons.
one friendly fire incident in December 1939 resulted in a direct hit on the conning tower of the British submarine HMS Snapper with the sole damage being four broken light bulbs). The squadron's Ansons also occasionally encountered German maritime reconnaissance aircraft, managing to shoot down a Heinkel He 115 floatplane on 8 November 1939.
In March 1940, the squadron began to re-equip with the Lockheed Hudson, flying the first patrols using the new aircraft on 12 April. It converted to the Boeing Fortress Mk.II in July 1942, allowing long range patrols over the Atlantic, moving to the Azores during October 1943, before returning to the United Kingdom for re-equipping with the Consolidated Liberator Mk.VI, later augmented by the Liberators Mk.VIII.
The Squadron's Liberators were based at RAF St Eval until after D-Day, when the unit moved North to RAF Leuchars. A section was detached to West Africa for anti submarine and convoy patrols as No. 200 Squadron RAF. Detachments also operated from bases such as RAF St Eval in Cornwall and RAF Aldergrove in County Antrim. The squadron was disbanded on 25 April 1946.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.I
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Unit: 233 Sqn RAF
Serial: P5117
Code: ZS-S
RAF Aldergrove,
Northern Ireland.
August 1940.
Throughout 1940 No. 233 was one of five RAF squadrons equipped with Hudsons: Nos. 224, 233 and 269 operated over the North Sea along the Norwegian and Danish coasts, and Nos. 206 and 220 operated from the Netherlands to Denmark. When Denmark and Norway were invaded by Germany in April, Nos. 220, 224 and 233 Squadron flew attacks upon shipping and land targets, such as airfields, virtually every day.
In August several detachments from Hudson squadrons began operating out of RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland. On 25 October 1940 three Hudsons from No. 233 engaged U-46, off the coast of Norway, seriously damaging the U-boat and forcing it to return to port. By December, No. 233 Squadron had completed its move to Aldergrove.
In May 1941 a Hudson from the squadron engaged and shot down a Heinkel He-111 bomber. Later in June the squadron damaged two U-boats, and on July 23 an aircraft from No. 233 Squadron shot down an FW-200 Condor long-range reconnaissance bomber which was attacking a British convoy.
No. 233 Squadron was moved to RAF St Eval in Cornwall in August 1941 in order to fly patrols over the Bay of Biscay. Within the first few weeks of operations out of St Eval, the squadron damaged an enemy ship and attacked four U-boats, suffering the loss of a Hudson.
A detachment from No. 233 Squadron was sent to Gibraltar in December, and gradually the rest of the unit followed (though another detachment was left at RAF Thorney Island). It was not until July 1942 that the squadron fully assembled in Gibraltar, where it remained until February 1944.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.I
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Unit: 269 Sqn Coastal Command.
Serial: T9296
Code: UA-R
RAF Wick,
England.
September 1940.
Aircraft from No. 269 Squadron made six separate attacks on German U-boats during February 1940, plus attacks on 8 August. No. 269 Squadron also carried out a number of missions in addition to its maritime patrol duties:
1 March - The Stavanger airfield was attacked.
9 April - six aircraft from RAF Wick bombed the aluminium factory at Hoyanger, Norway.
25 May - the squadron participated in the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck.
11 June - The German battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper were attacked while at anchor in Trondheim harbor.
Mid June - Four separate attacks on surfaced U-boats.
22 June - Aircraft from the No. 269 Squadron and No. 442 Squadron RAF attacked the German battleship Scharnhorst while at sea north of Bergen, but inflicted little damage on the German warship.
27 June - Special mission reconnaissance of Norwegian coast.
6 August - Escorted USAF fighter aircraft of the 33rd Pursuit Squadron to the Reykjavik airfield after being catapulted off the aircraft carrier USS Wasp.
16 August - Escorted the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard for the upcoming, top-secret conference with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The squadron also began receiving new Lockheed Hudson patrol bombers starting in March 1940, completing the transition on 15 April, while it ceased operating Avro Anson aircraft as of 1 June. By 15 July, No, 269 Squadron was fully operational with 18 Hudson Mk1 aircraft.
After a year of operations against enemy shipping from RAF Wick, No. 269 Squadron began transferring to Iceland starting on 12 April 1941, with the last Hudson aircraft arriving on 30 May. The squadron completed its deployment to Iceland on 10 July. A detachment of No. 269 Squadron deployed to RAF Reykjavik on 12 December.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.I
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Unit: 2 Photographic Reconnaissance
Coastal Command.
Serial: N7357
B Flight
RAF St. Eval,
Cornwell, England.
September 1940.
On the 8th July 1940, the PDU became the first Unit carry the title Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU). Coming under the operational control of RAF Coastal Command, the Unit was however, administered by 16 Group. It was divided into 4 flights planning to have in each four Spitfires and One Hudson.
later 'E' Flight was added with eight Spitfires. St. Eval in Cornwell became the home of B Flight under the command of Flt Lt Clark. With A flight under Sqn Ldr D Wilson being station at Wick in Scotland, with two Flights remaining at Heston.
The PRU also had an Experimental Trials Flight, they undertook the testing of the Spitfire PR.1D. By the end of July a fifth operational Flight was added. On the 27th December 1940, the PRU moved home to the RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, where it remain throughout the war.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.III
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Unit: 269 Sqn RAF
Serial: T9465
Code: UA-N
Reykjavik,
Iceland.
December 1941.
This was a presentation aircraft: 'Spirit Of Lockheed-Vega Employees'
After a year of operations against enemy shipping from RAF Wick, No. 269 Squadron began transferring to Iceland starting on 12 April 1941, with the last Hudson aircraft arriving on 30 May. The squadron completed its deployment to Iceland on 10 July. A detachment of No. 269 Squadron deployed to RAF Reykjavik on 12 December.
On 9 April, six aircraft from RAF Wick bombed the aluminium factory at Hoyanger, Norway. Also during late May, the squadron participated in the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck. Aircraft from No. 269 Squadron also made four separate attacks on surfaced U-boats during June. On 6 August, Hudson patrol bombers from No. 269 Squadron escorted USAF fighter aircraft of the 33rd Pursuit Squadron to the Reykjavik airfield after being catapulted off the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. On 16 August, No. 269 Squadron flew twelve sorties escorting the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard for the upcoming, top-secret conference with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
On 27 August 1941, Squadron Leader J.H. Thompson of the No. 269 Squadron made RAF history by becoming the only aircraft captain to have a U-boat (U-570) surrender to him. Thompson and his navigator/bombaimer, Flying Officer John Coleman were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 23 September 1941.
For next two years No. 269 would patrol the Atlantic attacking and sinking numerous U-boats flying from their Iceland base. On 13 December 1943, No. 269 Squadron began its temporary transfer from RAF Reykjavik to RAF Davidstow Moor prior to its 1944 deployment to the Azores.
The squadron was re-equipped with Supermarine Walrus I and Vickers Warwick I ASRI aircraft, as well as retaining its extant Hudson Mk III patrol aircraft. The squadron also received Miles Martinet I aircraft for target-towing purposes. This transfer was completed on 8 January 1944.
No. 269 Squadron completed its deployment to RAF Lagens in the Azores with its Hudson Mk IIIA, Martinet, Walrus and Spitfire Mk V aircraft. The short range aircraft were launched off the escort aircraft carrier HMS Premier. Later in October, some Warwick aircraft were added to the squadron. For the rest of the war it flew air sea rescue missions, as well as meteorlogical and target towing sorties. Following the end of World War II, No. 269 Squadron was disbanded on 10 March 1946.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.V
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Unit: 407 Sqn RCAF, 16 Group CC.
Code: RR-B
RAF Bircham Newton,
England.
September 1942.
No. 407 Squadron was formed at Thorney Island in the United Kingdom on 8 May 1941 and was originally equipped with Blenheim Mark lV aircraft but was soon re-equipped with Hudson Mark V aircraft.
The role of the squadron during World War II may be described in two phases, the first phase ending in January 1943 during which time 407 was engaged mainly in shipping strikes, it was as a strike squadron that it won its reputation and its nickname 'The Demon Squadron'. And the second phase lasting from January 1943 to disbandment during which time the main function was anti submarine activity.
In its four year period of duty in the British Isles the squadron, in addition to Thorney Island, was based at North Coates, Bircham Newton, St. Eval, Docking, Skitten, Chivenor, Limavady, Wick, and Langham. The squadron was disbanded on 2 June 1945 at Chivenor.
Although the squadron was engaged in many different areas, as can be attested to by the varied battle honours won, one particular excerpt from the squadron diary will give some indication of the work done by the squadron: 'During the month of May 1942 the squadron set up an all time record for damage caused to enemy shipping. A minimum of 83,000 tons of enemy shipping was attacked from April 30th to May 31st.
Several crews had successfully attacked three ships each during this period and with the exception of very recent arrivals all crews had made claims. The previous record in Coastal Command was also held by this squadron when from September 1st to December 1st, 1941, it was credited with damaging 150,000 tons of enemy shipping. Since April 1st, 1942, 12 crews were lost - in all 50 persons either killed or missing. Furthermore, on every major operation at least two or three aircraft were so badly damaged that they were of no further use.'
Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI
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Unit: 48 Sqn RAF, Coastal Command.
Serial: AM667
Code: OY-X
RAF Sumburgh,
Shetland Islands, Scotland.
November 1942.
In September 1938 No. 48 moved to Eastchurch to become a general reconnaissance unit moving to Thorney Island a few days before the outbreak of WW2. The Squadron began flying anti-submarine patrols and maintained anti E-Boat patrols during the evacuation of Dunkirk.
In July 1940, the Squadron moved to Mersyside to carry on with anti submarine patrols and in July 1941 it was moved to Shetland where conversion to Hudsons took place. The Squadron undertook shipping patrols and strikes on enemy craft off the Norwegian coast.
In August 1942 the squadron switched back to the anti submarine role, flying patrols over the waters between Scotland and Iceland. By now the Hudson was beginning to be phased out by Coastal Command in Britain, and in December 1942 No.48 Squadron took its aircraft to Gibraltar, to fly patrols over the entrance to the Mediterranean during Operation Torch. The squadron remained in Gibraltar for just over a year.
In February 1944 the Squadron was moved back to the UK and re-equipped with Dakotas to become a transport unit. The Squadron was then sent to India in August 1945 but the Japanese surrender resulted in its disbandment on 16 January 1946.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.IIIa
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Unit: 459 Sqn RAAF 1444 Flight RAF
Serial: FH314
Code: Z
LG 208/LG Z Mahsma,
Egypt.
August 1942.
Royal Air Force independent Flights. An independent Flight is a military administrative structure which is used to command flying units where the number of aircraft is not large enough to warrant a fully fledged squadron, with the formation of Commonwealth and Dominion squadrons in the 400 series, existing 400 series flights where renumbered in the 1400 series.
The 1444 Flight was used by 459 Squadron RAAF wearing the codes Z, A and R variously. This aircraft later went to 75 Operational Training Unit and was Struck Off Charge on the 11th of October 1945.
This aircraft 'Z' FH314 as flown by Sgt C. B. Stinson and crew 459 Sqn RAAF, destroyed an ammunition laden German F Boat five miles off shore between Tobruk and Bardia following an attack using six 100lb bombs on 16 August 1942.
'Operation Stoneage' the Squadron's involvement began on 15 November 1942, they provided anti submarine cover by Sergeant Bryan Rostron's crew to a strong naval force of four cruisers and six destroyers sailing from Port Said to Alexandria during the assembly of the convoy. Two further escorts covering the assembly were provided from LG-208 the next day and night.
The patrols were uneventful but upon landing back at base the career of the 'flagship' AM-950 almost came to an untimely end when its starboard engine caught fire as the pilot, Sergeant Tony Martin, was about to taxi to dispersal.
Fortunately, Smart work by the crew of the fire tender quickly extinguished it. Tony Martin recalled the event with humour: As soon as we stopped we jumped out and were attempting to hose the flames down with fire extinguishers from the aircraft when the fire brigade got across pretty smart and walloped it, spraying us all over in the process.
On another mission to locate the cruiser minelayer 'Welshman' which had been struck by 2 torpedoes from a U-boat, the second follow on plane patrol was sent to search for the Welshman, piloted by Tony Martin and crew in Hudson A FH314 was briefed to search between Tobruk and Cape Azzaz. Taking off in the face of the gale at 22:00 hrs, they searched for 3 hours but could not locate the warship.
They were then forced to return to base due to the impossible conditions, full gales and heavy rain squalls. Apparently the Welshman had sunk before it could be located.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.IIIa
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Unit: No.1444 Flight, 75 OTU RAF
Serial: FH314
Code: 152
Gianaclis,
Egypt.
February 1944.
Royal Air Force independent Flights. An independent Flight is a military administrative structure which is used to command flying units where the number of aircraft is not large enough to warrant a fully fledged squadron, with the formation of Commonwealth and Dominion squadrons in the 400 series, existing 400 series flights where renumbered in the 1400 series.
The 1444 Flight was used by 459 Squadron RAAF wearing the codes Z, A and R variously. This aircraft later went to 75 Operational Training Unit and was Struck Off Charge on the 11th of October 1945.
No.75 Operational Training Unit based at Gianaclis, Egypt was formed on 8 December 1942 as a General Reconnaissance training unit to convert crews in local flying conditions. It was equipped with Hudsons and joined No 203 Group on 10 May 1943, it continued to operate in the Reconnaissance training role until disbanding at Shallufa, on 26 June 1945, although training had ceased on the 9th of June.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.III
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Unit: 216 Sqn. RAF.
Code: LO-Q
Serial: EW970
El Khanka,
Egypt.
August 1942.
The squadron was formed on 1 April 1918 to operate the Handley Page 0-400 heavy bomber. It was one of the relatively small number of squadrons to survive across the entire inter war period, moving to Egypt in July 1919. In 1931, still in the Middle East, it became a bomber and transport squadron, operating a series of aircraft designed to perform either role. At the start of the war it was equipped with the Vickers Valentia I, but in October 1939 these were joined by the Bristol Bombay. This bomber transport aircraft made its first flight in 1935, and still counted as a heavy bomber in the Middle East until the end of 1940, when it was one of four heavy bomber squadrons available for service in the Western Desert.
After the Italian entry into the war the squadron used its Bombays on night bombing raids, including longer distance raids on Tobruk. At the same time the Valentia was used as a transport aircraft, remaining operational until September 1941.
By the end of 1940 the Bombay had been superseded as a bomber by the Vickers Wellington, leaving No.216 Squadron free to operate entirely as a transport squadron. Its wide ranging duties included transporting other squadrons around the Middle East and to and from Greece, operating the supply route from the Gold Coast across Africa to Egypt along which many aircraft were flown to the Middle East front, evacuating troops from Greece and flying supplies into Tobruk during the German siege.
The squadron was used to fly supplies into Habbaniya during the siege of April May 1941. It was also used to transport troops from the Essex Regiment to pumping station H.4 on the border between Iraq and Trans Jordan in early May and to move troops to a position to the northeast of Baghdad later in the month. In June 1942 one Bombay managed to fly supplies to the beleaguered garrison of Bir Hakim, where the Free French held out until 10 June, disrupting Rommel's timetable.
In July 1942 the squadron received a number of Lockheed Hudsons which were used for supply and casualty evacuation duties, and VIP flights. Dakotas finally began to replace the Bombays in March 1943, and the last of the older aircraft was retired in June. The squadron was used to provide regular transport services around the Mediterranean and the Middle East, while in April 1944 a large detachment was sent to Burma, where it spent two months supplying the 14th Army. By the end of the war, the squadron was acting much in the role of an airline with scheduled services throughout Africa, the Middle East, India, the Mediterranean, Southern Europe and even back to the UK.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.III
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Unit: 459 Sqn RAAF
Serial: V8998
Code: GK-O
LG.208/LG Z'Mahsma,
Egypt.
1942
No 459 Squadron was formed at LG 39/Burg-el-Arab, Egypt on 10 February 1942 under the Empire Air Training Scheme. The Squadron was initially equipped with Lockheed Hudson and Bristol Blenheim aircraft and operated in the maritime reconnaissance role. During 1942 and early 1943 the Squadron operated against German shipping in the Mediterranean and sank a number of ships including a destroyer.
In September 1943 the Squadron temporally changed roles to become a bomber unit. The Squadron was equipped with Lockheed Venturas from March to July 1944, when it was re-equipped with Martin Baltimore aircraft.
No 459 Squadron continued operating around the Greek islands until March 1945, when it was posted to the United Kingdom. No 459 Squadron shortly thereafter disbanded at RAF Chivenor, Devon on 10 April 1945.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.IIIa
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Unit: 2 Sqn RNZAF
Serial: NZ2083
Code: UH-W
Palikulo Bay Airfield,
Espiritu Santo.
November 1943.
The squadron received its first aircraft, 12 Blackburn Baffins, in 1938 and at the outbreak of World War II the squadron moved to Blenheim to undertake its general reconnaissance role of protecting Cook Strait. A year later, in 1940, all Territorial Squadrons were merged to become the New Zealand General Reconnaissance Squadron, based at Whenuapai, Auckland. Within 12 months, No. 2 Squadron was reformed. Based at Nelson with Vickers Vildebeests and Vickers Vincent aircraft, it resumed its protection of Cook Strait providing air cover for troop ship convoys entering and leaving Wellington. Later in 1941, the squadron was re-equipped with the new Lockheed Hudson Bomber.
In November 1943, the squadron moved to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo, where it carried out reconnaissance, anti-submarine, supply dropping and general flight patrols. No. 2 Squadron returned to New Zealand in 1944, but this was short-lived as it returned to operational status in the Pacific, replacing No.1 Squadron on dawn and dusk patrols and anti-submarine patrols. It was during this tour that the squadron made the heaviest raid by a New Zealand formation in the South Pacific; eight aircraft dropped 40,000 lb of bombs in southwest Bougainville. This second tour finished in March 1945, and three months later the squadron began its third and last operational tour, consisting of mainly bombing land targets. The squadron returned to RNZAF Base Ohakea in October 1945.
During the operational tours of the South West Pacific the squadron was based at Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, Green Island and Jacquinot Bay. On return to New Zealand in October 1945, No. 2 Squadron operated a variety of aircraft, including Hudsons (maintaining air/sea rescue detachments at Whenuapai and Norfolk Island) and Venturas (twin-engine pilot conversion and meteorological flights). Early in 1946, No. 2 Squadron also began training crews for the new Mosquito aircraft to be ferried from the United Kingdom to New Zealand.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI (export Mk.I)
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Unit: 1 Sqn RAAF
Serial: A16-205
Code: US-K
Kota Bharu,
northeast Malaya.
December 1941.
The Australian Government ordered a version of the Hudson Mk.I that became the Mk.VI, deliveries to Australia commenced in late 1940, and the aircraft formed the backbone of the RAAF's multi engine bomber and reconnaissance force by the fall of 1941.
When the Japanese attacked Malaya on December 8, 1941, the Hudson's of No. 1 Squadron, RAAF became the first aircraft to make an attack in the Pacific War, sinking a Japanese transport ship, the Awazisan Maru, off Kota Bharu 0118 hours local time, an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The squadron was stationed in Singapore and then Malaya and Operating with the RAF's aging Blenheim I's, and Hudsons formed the British strike force against the Japanese. With such few numbers, the aircraft operated singly, or in formations that were almost never more than 3 or 4 at the most. Flying unescorted, the Hudsons suffered high losses before the survivors were withdrawn to Australia as Malaya and Java fell to the invaders in early 1942. The Hudsons of 1, 2, and 32 Squadrons took on the task of harrying the Japanese wherever they could.
After the Japanese attacks on Darwin, the Hudsons were used as a bombing force to attack the new Japanese bases in Timor, in the southern Netherlands East Indies. These raids were all unescorted, and losses in men and machines were heavy, but they kept the Japanese from mounting a sustained campaign against the almost-defenseless northern region of the continent. The Hudsons also flew bombing missions in support of the defense of Port Moresby in New Guinea, which was in extreme danger of falling to the Japanese that desperate spring and summer.
An example of the kind of battles the RAAF's Hudsons fought happened on July 22, 1942 near Buna, when eight Zeroes of the Tainan Air Group - led by Saburo Sakai - intercepted Hudson A16-201 of 32 Squadron, flown by Pilot Officer Warren Cowan, RAAF. Anticipating an easy kill, Sakai dove on the Hudson's tail. Cowan whipped the surprisingly maneuverable Hudson around and made a head on attack on Sakai.
Outnumbered 8 to 1, Cowan maintained the offensive and scattered his opponents in wild disorder. Eventually, Sakai got on Cowan's tail, knocked out the turret, and shot up both engines - the Hudson crashed into the sea with no survivors. Sakai always considered the pilot of this Hudson to be the bravest opponent he fought in the entire war. (In 1997, as the only living eyewitness of the action, Sakai wrote a testimonial to the Australian Defense Minister, requesting Cowan and his crew be cited for bravery. This was denied on the bureaucratic grounds that an award could not be made on the testimony of the opponent in such an action.)
Eventually, Hudsons were replaced by more capable aircraft with better performance, both in Australia and in Europe, and the aircraft passed out of operational use by late 1943. But the airliner that went to war made its mark on history at a time when it was most needed.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.IV
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Unit: 2 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF.
Serial: A16-215
Mareeba, Queensland,
Australia.
1943.
No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF was formed on 1 March 1942 at RAAF Base Fairbairn and flew its first operational sortie on 7 March. No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit operated throughout Australia during 1942 and began flights to New Guinea in 1943.
Although it remained based in Australia, No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit supported the Allied forces engaged in the New Guinea campaign until the end of the war. Following the end of the war the Unit flew Australian prisoners of war home until November 1945 when its aircraft were transferred to No. 36 Squadron's Air Ambulance Flight. No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit was disbanded on 8 December 1945.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.IV
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Unit: 6 Sqn RAAF
Serial: A16-112
Port Moresby,
New Guinea.
1942
At the outbreak of World War II, No 6 Squadron began flying anti-submarine and general reconnaissance patrols off the east coast of Australia.
In August 1942, No 6 Squadron Hudsons deployed to Milne Bay, New Guinea, to provide reconnaissance and bomber support in defence of the Australian garrison. During the Japanese invasion of Milne Bay, No 6 Squadron crews flew constant bombing and strafing missions against troop positions, landing barges and ships. These attacks, which complemented those of two Air Force Kittyhawk squadrons, were particularly damaging and resulted in considerable losses to the enemy.
Based at Port Moresby, the Hudsons began to drop vital supplies to Australian troops fighting their way along the infamous Kokoda Trail. Although not an ideal aircraft for this task, over 23 tonnes of supplies were delivered under extremely hazardous conditions.
During a reconnaissance mission a Hudson was attacked by six Japanese fighters, and in a remarkable engagement, the slow and poorly armed bomber destroyed two of the fighters, and drove off the other four.
A16-112 'The Tojo Busters', which had the distinction of serving all through the Milne Bay campaign. Transfered to No.2 Squadron at Batchelor in April 1943. The Hudson's nose indicate mast height attacks on a Japanese cruiser and a destroyer respectively. During the former incident, a head-on attack, the cruiser's barrage even included its main 8 inch guns. 'The Tojo Busters' retained her black undersurfaces throughout her service life which ended after a crash landing at Millingimbi on the 6 May 1943 as a result of enemy action over Taberfane.
Lockheed Hudson Mk.IVa
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Unit: 6 Sqn RAAF
Serial: A16-123
Code: FX-F
Turnbull field,
New Guinea.
1943.
In August 1942 the squadron was deployed to Horn Island in Queensland and detached a flight to Milne Bay to perform reconnaissance duties. Later that month a Hudson unit participated in a combined attack on a Japanese invasion convoy off Milne Bay and also bombed positions on the nearby coast. During October the squadron completed its move to Wards Strip near Port Moresby and continued to carry out seaward reconnaissance, anti submarine patrols, and other tasks over enemy held areas.
During the campaign on the northern coast of New Guinea, 6 Squadron dropped supplies to Australian troops at Buna, Ioma, Kakoda, and Baibara Island. Medical evacuation sorties were also flown from the Wanigela Mission to Port Moresby. As the raids on Buna, Gona, and Sanananda intensified in December the unit commenced night bombing raids against enemy positions and also made attacks on Japanese naval vessels off the Buna coast.
A Japanese bombing raid on Turnbull airfield in January 1943 where 6 Squadron had relocated a month earlier caused damage to many of the squadron's Hudsons. Between March and August 1943 the squadron attacked Japanese lifeboats from ships sunk at the Battle of the Bismark Sea, conducted reconnaissance flights over the Solomon Sea, escorted Allied convoys, photographed radio and radar stations, and conducted anti submarine activities.
From September 1943 the squadron began operating with Beaufort bomber aircraft. Actions in the latter part of the year included an attack on an enemy convoy in St George's Channel on 11 October, a combined night attack on an enemy convoy on 20 October, and numerous bombing raids on Rabaul.
In November the squadron moved to Vivigani on Goodenough Island, to continue bombing raids on Japanese camps. Supply dumps in New Britain continued until early April, when the units again focused on seaward surveillance and anti submarine patrols. Squadron's operations then returned to Rabaul area in late October when a series of combined raids attacked shipping, airfields, and enemy installations. Supplies were also dropped to army patrols fighting to isolate Japanese forces in Rabaul.
In late December 1944 and early 1945 the squadron moved to Dobodura airfield. It continued to attack targets across New Britain, flying close support missions for the army over the Gazelle Peninsula and supporting the Allied capture of Wewak in May. After end of the war 6 Squadron dropped surrender leaflets over Japanese controlled territory and provided shipping escorts, before being withdrawn to Australia and disbanded on 31 October 1945.
Lockheed Hudson PBO-1
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Unit: VP-82 US Navy.
Serial: 82-P-4
NAS Argentia,
Newfoundland.
May 1942.
An order for 416 A-29-LO's was placed on 29 May 1941, these aircraft were designated Hudson Mk. IIIA's in RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) service however, the first 20 aircraft from this order were diverted to the USN and designated PBO-1 becoming the USN's first land based patrol bomber. All were delivered in standard RAF camouflage of Dark Green and Dark Earth upper surfaces and light gray under surfaces however, they were equipped with .308-caliber machine guns instead of the .303-Caliber guns used by the RAF.
The first of twenty PBO-1's was delivered to Patrol Squadron Eighty Two (VP-82) at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island on 29 October 1941. By the end of December 1941, there were 18 aircraft in the inventory, 14 assigned to VP-82, two assigned to the Transition Training Squadron at NAS Norfolk and two others at NAS Norfolk as spares.
On 1 January 1942, VP-82 deployed a detachment of twelve PBO-1s to NAS Argentia, Newfoundland under Patrol Wing Seven to provide convoy coverage, harbor patrol and antisubmarine sweeps. During this period, the aircrews were berthed aboard the Seaplane Tender USS Pocomoke (AV-9) and later the Seaplane Tender, Destroyer George E. Badger (AVD-3) and the Small Seaplane Tender USS Barnegat (AVP-10). By May 1942, the crews were move to barracks on the air station.
On 28 January 1942, the squadron claimed a U-boat sunk off Cape Race, Newfoundland but post war examination of German records do not indicate any losses during this period. The first authenticated sinking of a U-boat by a PBO-1 occurred on 1 March 1942 when U-656, a Type VIIC U-boat, was sunk south of Cape Race by an aircraft flown by Ensign Tepuni. The aircraft had been flying support for convoy ON-72. This was the first German submarine sinking attributed to U.S. forces in World War II.
In May 1942, three of the PBOs at NAS Argentia, Newfoundland returned to NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island and the final six aircraft returned on 10 June 1942. On 13 and 15 August 1942, another detachment consisting of nine PBO-1's departed NAS Norfolk, Virginia for NAS Trinidad, British West Indies accompanied by the Royal Air Force's No. 53 Squadron equipped with Hudson Mk. IIIs.
While in Trinidad, the detachment flew antisubmarine patrols under the operational control of Patrol Wing-11. VP-82 began to transition from the PBO-1 to the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, q.v., in September 1942 and the last PBO-1 were stricken from the inventory of VP-82 on 31 October 1942. The remaining PBO-1's were transferred to PV operational training units at NAS Deland and NAS Sanford, Florida.
Lockheed A29A Hudson
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Unit: Unknown Transport USAAF.
Code: T-226
Serial: 42-6993.
Mediterranean.
1943.
The Lockheed A-29 was the contract designation assigned to Hudson attack aircraft built for export under Lend-Lease agreements. The primary difference between the A-28 series and A-29 series aircraft was the engine installed. The A-28 has Pratt and Whitney R-1830 radial engines while the A-29 used Wright R-1820 radial engines. The A-29 was slightly slower than the A-28, but had a greater range. The Royal Air Force received the bulk of the A-29s as Hudson Mk.IV.
The U.S. Army Air Corps reclaimed 153 aircraft (BW 461 to BW 613) for use early in World War II. The A-29s were initially assigned to U.S. coastal defense units. Some A-29s were assigned to antisubmarine patrol squadrons and at least one submarine was sunk in the summer of 1942. The A-29s were soon replaced by more modern, capable aircraft and were then reassigned to second line duties. A-29s were used for air crew training, liaison, light cargo and staff transport roles. The U.S. Navy received 20 aircraft for use in the Patrol Bomber mission and re-designated them as PBO-1
Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI (export Mk.I)
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Unit: ex 1 Sqn RAAF, captured IJAAF.
Serial: A16-222
Code:
Timor,
Early 1942.
Japanese invasion of Malaya, No. 1 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Kota Bharu launched 10 Lockheed Hudson bombers to attack the Japanese transports, each loaded with four 250lb bombs. In the 17 sorties flown, they lost two Hudsons shot down and three badly damaged. One Hudson, flown by Flight Lieutenant John Leighton-Jones, crashed into a fully laden landing craft after being hit while strafing the beachhead, killing some 60 Japanese soldiers on board. Only five Hudson bombers remained airworthy at the end of the battle.
All three Japanese troopships were significantly damaged, but while the Ayatosan Maru and Sakura Maru were still able to sail, the Awazisan Maru was left burning and abandoned. The attacks by No. 1 Squadron RAAF killed or wounded at least 110 of its crew. The wreck later sunk on its own or was torpedoed by the Dutch submarine K XII on 12 December.
Despite the strong defence, Takumi had three full infantry battalions ashore by mid morning of 8 December. Counter attacks launched by Brigadier Key failed and the Japanese took Kota Bharu town on the 9th. After fierce fighting during the night, threatening the airfield, Lt Col Arthur Cumming's 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment attempted to hold the airfield and put up a brilliant rearguard action. Cumming would later receive the Victoria Cross during the fighting at Kuantan. Key asked for and was given permission to withdraw from Kota Bharu.
The Japanese claim that the landings at Kota Bharu were some of the most violent of the whole Malayan Campaign. It is estimated that they suffered an estimated 300 killed and 500 wounded.
One of the Hudson aircraft abandoned at Kota Bharu was repaired and used in limited service by Japanese units based in Timor early 1942.
Ki-56 Army Type LO Transport
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Unit: 9th Transport unit, 4th Koukuugun (air army) IJAAF.
HQ Rabaul, covering the Solomon Islands and New Guinea
South Pacific.
1942-43.
Variants: Ki-56 - based on the licence built Ki-56 Army Type LO Transport (Lockheed 14-WG3B Export Version) later given the Allied Codename 'Thelma'.
In 1939, Tachikawa exercised its license rights and submitted a proposal to the Japanese Army Air Force to build a modified Lockheed Hudson Model 14 powered by two 900 hp Mitsubishi Ha-26-I (Army Type 99 radial Model 1) 14-cylinder radial engines. A total of 119 of these aircraft, designated Army Type LO Transport, were built by Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo KK (55 machines built 1940- 41) and Tachikawa (64 aircraft built 1940-42) and were given the Allied Code Name THELMA.
Japan turned out to be the largest user of the Super Electra. Thirty Super Electras were sold to the Tachikawa Hikoki KK (Tachikawa Aeroplane Co Ltd of Japan, which acted as an agent for Nihon Koku KK (Japan Air Transport Co. Ltd.). This airline was later renamed Dai Nippon Koku KK (Greater Japan Air Lines), and became the largest commercial user of the Super Electra. This version of the Super Electra was known as Model 14-WG3B, and was powered by two Wright Cyclone GR-1820-G3B radials, rated at 900 hp for takeoff and 840 hp at 8000 feet.
The Tachikawa company also obtained a license to build a version of the Super Electra in Japan. Production for the Imperial Japanese Army was undertaken both by Tachikawa and by Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo KK (Kawasaki Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. These companies respectively built 64 and 55 aircraft between 1940 and 1942. They were powered by Mitsubishi Ha-26-I (900 hp Army Type 99 Radial Model 1) engines.
In Japanese army service, they were designated Army Type LO Transports, and were operated as military transports during the Pacific War. The Allies assigned the code name 'Thelma' to the Japanese-built version and the name 'Toby' to the civilian versions purchased from Lockheed.
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