ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND - Hudson III T9465, 'Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees', was famous as a 'presentation' aircraft, purchased for the RAF from funds raised by workers at the Lockheed-Vega Corporation, at Burbank in California. This image show the aircraft being prepared for a sortie at Wick in May 1941, not long after being delivered to No 269 Squadron. A clutch of 250lb bombs are being hauled into the bomb bay Royal Air Force, 269 Squadron

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