A RAAF Lockheed <i>Hudson</i> 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 <i>Hudson</i>s from No. 13 Squadron RAAF in the fruitless search for survivors of the sinking of the HMAS <i>Sydney</i>. Each <i>Hudson</i> 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 <i>Zero</i>s from the 3rd Kokatai that strafed Halong naval base on Ambon Island.
Australian armed forces
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