Before the kangaroo was painted on the nose. VH-AGJ, G-BEOX, now with RAF Museum, Hendon

One of Sir W.J.D.Roberts' Strathallan Collection. Here, it is nearing completion of a repaint into its RAAF marks from its final civil identity as VH-AGJ of Adasta Aerial Surveys.

The Hudson was the military version of the Electra airliner and entered service with Coastal Command in 1939 on anti-submarine and reconnaisance duties. This particular aircraft was delivered to the RAAF in 1942 and actually was responsible for two Japanese kills during WWII. After the war this airframe was placed on the Austrailan register as VH-SMM and -AGJ before returning to the UK, firstly to the Strathallan Collection and then the Hendon Museum.

Ex USAAF 41-36975, RAF FH174. After service in Australia, latterly as VH-AGJ, it was flown to the UK in 1973, becoming G-BEOX and is now preserved at the RAF Museum at Hendon. It wears the South East Asia roundel omitting the red centre and has the SF code of 13 Squadron RAAF.

Based on the L-14 Super Electra, the Hudson maritime patrol aircraft was developed for Britain in 1938 and saw lots of action with Commonwealth forces, both in the European and Pacific theatres of WWII.