HUDSON CAUGHT FIRE
AT MILLINGIMBI, NT
ON 6 DECEMBER 1943

On 6 December 1943, Mark III Lockheed Hudson A16-219 (FH196), of 2 Squadron RAAF, caught fire at Millingimbi in the Northern Territory while being serviced.

A16-219 was delivered to the RAAF in April 1942. It was sold to Lionel Von Praag in January 1948.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank Phil Herdman of the Arnhem Land Historical Society for details on the above incident.

REFERENCE BOOK

"The Anson, Hudson & Sunderland in Australian Service"
by Stewart Wilson

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"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products

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