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Jack Hemings reunited with the Lockheed Hudson aircraft at the RAF Museum, London, UK - 06 Nov 2023
102 year old Jack Hemings AFC, former RAF Squadron Leader, and early pioneer of
Mission Aviation Fellowship [MAF] Ð the worldÕs largest humanitarian air service Ð is reunited with the Lockheed Hudson aircraft at the RAF Museum to mark the start of Remembrance week.
Jack flew the Lockheed Hudson aircraft with 353 Squadron during WWII and received the Air Forces Cross, for exemplary gallantry while flying.
(The Hudson was the first Allied aircraft to shoot down an enemy while operating from the British Isles, the first aircraft to capture a U-boat and the first aircraft equipped to carry airborne lifeboats for air sea rescue duties)