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Bit confused by this photo. Its dated August 1941, and the aircraft shows the Dutch Triangle as well as the RAF roundel. This would suggest it was from either RAF 320 (Netherlands)sqn or her sister sqn, 321. Reading Wiki, and I know that can be a dangerous thing to do, but No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF - Wikipedia 321 only flew Ansons, and was disbanded, personnel moving to 320. And 320, see No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF - Wikipedia didnt move to Leuchars, Scotland until October 1941, when they were given Hudson Mk3's. Before that they flew from Wales with the Hudson Mk2.

So, is this a Hudson Mark II or Mark III, and how much has Wiki, or me, got this wrong?
 
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Also the Wikipedia says that the 320 Squadron operated ...

Lockheed Hudson Mk.I ... Oct 1940 - Oct 1942
Lockheed Hudson Mk.II ... Mar 1941 - Sep 1941
Lockheed Hudson Mk.III ... Jul 1941 - Sep 1942
Lockheed Hudson Mk.V ... Jan 1942 - May 1942
Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI ... Aug 1942 - Mar 1943

The another info found there says that the squadron used the NO code letters from Oct 1940 to Aug 1945

the source: No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF - Wikipedia

The RoyalAir Force Museum site says that the squadron used Hudson I/II/III/IV from 1941 to 1943. Also it says that the no. 320 Squadron absorbed No 321 one on 18 January 1941 and then was moved to Scotland for patrol duties along the Norwegian coast and anti-shipping operations over the North Sea.

No.320 Squadron | Squadrons | Research | National Cold War Exhibition

www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org

And the site states that the no. 320 Squadron was moved to the Scotland in March 1941 ... believing that, the pic above seems to be dated correctly.

No. 320 Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War

No.320 (Netherlands) Squadron was formed around a number of Fokker T-VIIIW seaplanes that escaped from the Netherlands. It spent the next three years serving as a maritime patrol and anti-shipping squadron, before becoming a daylight bomber squadron in 1943, a role it performed until the end of...
www.historyofwar.org

The another site confirming the date of moving. According to that the squadron was at RAF station Carew, Cheriton from 18.01.1941 to 21.03.1941. IMHO that's the time the squadron was combined with the 321 one. And then from 21.03.1941 it was moved to the Leuchars where the unit based untill April 1942.


the source: No. 320 Squadron RAF : 300-399. Squadron RAF
 
OK, excuse my ignorance, but I've got to ask, what with all these aircraft profiles everyone posts as part of their signature?
 
The card gives quite a lot of detail but only one profile, would this have been issued to the armed forces, or is it just part of a collection of aircraft cards?
 
I'm curious to see as well. I did a bit of googling and found that the Imperial War Museum and Temora Aviation Museum list them as in their collections. I also found a few sales listings, this one stuck out to me because it shows I guess Cold War era and claims they were issued by the US army. Seems we can assume the Hudson I showed was a part of a set so I'd imagine so, I am a bit curious as to who would have used them
 
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