Hudson Union Jack Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt (No Text)

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Color: Black
Size: S
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The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and maritime patrol aircraft operated extensively by the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces during the early years of the Second World War. Developed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra airliner, the Hudson became the first American-built military aircraft ordered in large numbers by the RAF before the United States entered the war. The prototype first flew on 10 Dec 1938, and the aircraft entered RAF service in 1939 with Coastal Command. Depending on variant, the Hudson was powered by Wright Cyclone or Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp radial engines and provided the RAF with a modern long-range maritime patrol aircraft at a critical stage of the war.

The Hudson became one of the RAF’s most important early-war maritime patrol aircraft and served extensively with Coastal Command in anti-submarine warfare, convoy escort, reconnaissance, transport, and training roles. Hudson crews achieved the RAF’s first confirmed air-to-air victory of the war in Oct 1939 and later became the first aircraft credited with forcing the surrender of a German U-boat when U-570 surrendered in Aug 1941. The type also served widely with Commonwealth air forces, including 247 aircraft operated by the Royal Australian Air Force, approximately 248 by the Royal Canadian Air Force, and around 94 by the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Hudsons operated across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean theatres before the aircraft was gradually supplemented and replaced in RAF service by newer maritime patrol aircraft including the Lockheed Ventura, Short Sunderland, and Consolidated B-24 Liberator. More than 2,900 Hudsons were built during the war.
Comfortable nice material

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True size, very good quality  !!! Thank You

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