Lockheed Hudson
Fictional profiles of the Lockheed Hudson used by the 2nd American Volunteer Group ("Flying Tigers") during World War II.
These (along with the Douglas DB-7) were also fun profiles to create, and gave me something else to use the shark's teeth art on. More lighting and shading, although overall I think they look a bit too shiny.
February 2009

In the fall of 1941, the 2nd American Volunteer Group was equipped with 33 Lockheed Hudson (A-28) and 33 Douglas DB-7 (A-20) bombers originally built for Britain but acquired by the U.S. Army as part of the Lend-Lease program passed earlier in the year. The Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company, fronting for the Chinese and American governments, recruited 82 pilots and 359 ground crew from the U.S. Army in the fall of 1941 and an undetermined number, including one pilot, sailed for Asia aboard Bloemfontein of the Java-Pacific line. Other pilots reported to San Francisco and were scheduled to depart aboard the Lockheed Hudsons on 10 December. The Douglas DB-7s were to have gone by freighter to Africa, to be assembled and ferried to China but the 7 December 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor caused the program to be aborted. The vessels at sea were diverted to Australia, the aircraft were taken back into American service and most of the personnel rejoined the military, either in Australia or in the U.S.
From Wikipedia.

Lockheed Hudson
Chinese Nationalist Air Force, 2nd American Volunteer Group.

Lockheed Hudson
Chinese Nationalist Air Force, 2nd American Volunteer Group.

Lockheed Hudson
Enlarged view

Lockheed Hudson
Chinese Nationalist Air Force, 2nd American Volunteer Group.

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