Classic British Flight Sim

I don't mean recently, but this afternoon I watched the film, "A Yank in the RAF." Tyrone Power, the hero, was in a Lockheed Hudson aircrew, bombing Berlin. Did the RAF really bomb Berlin with Hudsons? I thought the Hudson was used mainly for anti-sub missions, and bombing missions were flown by Sterlings, Halifaxes, and Lancasters.

Art

Hi Art,

I dont believe they did, this soulds like Holywood reality, although I may be proven wrong

I'm sure they didn't

The type was used by Coastal Command as a main shore based mount in the early part of the war stepping back a bit when the B-17 came on line

They were expensively used in Norway after the occupation and played a support role in D day getting special role personnel behind the enemy lines and in the Far East.

But It was never a front line mass bomber, more a patrol hunt and kill aircraft operating over a wide area.

It could be the odd one in the right place at a loose end dropped a bomb of two there, but planned Hudson bombing raids on Berlin sounds more like Hollywood promoting a US design

Hi Folks

Pikiwedia film article says he was -
- leaflet bombing Berlin,
- ordnance bombing Dortmund.

IMDB says same city clip used for both.

HTH
ATB
Paul

Plus the film was made in 1941 (released Feb 1942) so any front line bomber would probably be too busy to be side tracked for a film so they probably used whatever home based and locally flying aircraft that were available. Hudsons being used by coastal command during 1941 - http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/we ... hudson_RAF

An interesting article that Darren.. thanks for posting it

Those were the days hey.. £17k for a Hudson!
ATB
DaveB

I doubted it, too. Thanks for all your replies.

Art