From a collection of photos by Clyde Engineering showing A16-31 at Bankstown after repairs at Clyde's factory at Lidcombe in Sydney. It had been damaged at RAAF Pearce, Western Australia over a year earlier. The expensive exercise to ship the aircraft from the west coast of Australia to the east coast for repairs brought only a short lived benefit. A16-31 crashed and burned at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, on November 23, 1941. Photo from: Powerhouse Museum

There are two versions as to when and where A16-10 ended on its nose. One says it was an accident at RAAF Richmond on October 31, 1940. The other says the date of the accident was December 31, 1940 and at Darwin. At the time of both accidents the aircraft was with 13 Squadron which was a Darwin-based bomber squadron. The photo is dated 1941. A16-10 was repaired by Clyde Engineering, a large engineering company, at its aircraft repair facility in Sydney. Back in RAAF service, A16-10 was sent to 1 OTU in Victoria. Scrapped in 1948. Photo from: Powerhouse Museum

These new Hudsons, RAF serials N7345 and N7347, were described as 'Flying Fortress airplanes' by the Salt Lake Tribune. To Canada as 760 and 762, taken on charge at RCAF Ottawa on 15 and 16 September 1939. 760 lost at sea on 28 January 1943 while operated by No 145 Sqn based at Torbay, Newfoundland. Crashed in vicinity of convoy while on escort mission, no survivors. Photo from: Salt Lake Tribune / Utah State History

'Bombers for Britain. Glendale became a staging area for the shipment of Lockheed Hudsons. They were flown out of Burbank after testing and landed at Glendale for processing by Babb Co as sea cargo.' This early Hudson is in full British markings - N7220 is its RAF serial. This airframe was eventually converted into a VIP transport. It was used by the Dutch Communication Flight and crashed at Evere, Belgium in October 1944. Photo by: Ralph Johnston / Glendale Public Library