[Alex Smart]

Hello Henk,
A/c was a Hudson IIIA.
Problem still though.
serial number is given to me as 41-23592.
This a/c would have been , under the BAC lend-Lease BW730.
Details in AB BA100-BZ999 2nd edition has BW729-775 as To China.
AB's "The BAC & Lend-Lease" has on page 99, has-
"209 Aircraft
198 arrived at destinationsby air or sea: 2 crashed after export;BW636 638.
8 crashed in US: BW435,440,455,459,637,714,773,774: 1 on special duty: BW456 for tests at Ottawa: 1 Balance of a/c exported by air.
130 to 8OTU Debert, Canada: BW381-384;399-408;410,412,423,430-434,436-439,441-444,447-454,457,458,460,614,616-635,639-660,682-682,685-698,700-713,715-720,722-724,768,770-772,775-777.
7 to 45 Group RAFTC BW409,445,684,699,769,411,616 crashed.
49 to Australia and China: BW413-419,421,661-681,736-755.
12 to New Zealand:BW756-767 (NZ2037-2048)
RAF Serials
BW361-777
AAF Serials
41-23223 - 23639 (417 serials allocated to contract)
Some a/c were taken over by USAAF".
So Do we know how the Hudson's originally meant for the RAF, then held by the USAAF(?) or RCAF(?) were eventually ferried to China ?
Would it have been down to Brazil, across the Atlantic, up through Africa, accross from Egypt/Sudan to India then on to China ??
Seems the long way round.

Alex