HUDSONS
BRISBANE, QLD
WORKED FOR THE 81ST AIR DEPOT GROUP
DURING WW2

In the early days of the 81st Air Depot Group in Brisbane, Queensland, the Repair Squadron employed Hudson's a local firm to manufacture 12 complete sets of overhaul tools for Wright engines and twenty five sets suitable for cowling repair. The Repair Squadron's one and only set of tools had been recalled Air Service Command (ASC)  in Melbourne. Hudson's worked day and night to meet the order.

Hudson's mainly carried out manufacturing work rather than repairs. From June 1942 till about May 1943 Hudson's manufactured:-

• 250 sets of gun mountings

• 250 sets of gun charges

• 1,000 machine gun fore and rear sights

• 1,000 bomb aiming sights

• carburettor sights

• towing bars

• 1000's  of special bolts and screws

• etc

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Bob Livingstone for his assistance with this home page. 

REFERENCE BOOKS

 "The 81st A.D.G."

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This page first produced 27 December 2002

This page last updated 16 January 2020