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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed |
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| Base model: | AT-18 | ||
| Designation: | AT-18 | ||
| Nickname: | Hudson | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1924-1948 | ||
| Basic role: | Advanced Trainer | ||
| Crew: | 5 | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 44' 4" | 13.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 65' 6" | 19.9 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 19,300 lb | 8,752 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-1820-87 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1200 | ||
Performance
| Max Speed: | 272 mph | 438 km/h | 236 kt |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Steve Beebee Leicester, UK, OTH | Dear Sir or Madam,
I would love to contact two previous posters on this thread - GARTH RIDLEY of Richmond Hill, ON (ref: 18021) and DAVID ELLIOTT of Ottawa (ref: 4027). They both wrote about, and have links to, the crew of the 407 Squadron Hudson lost on April 6, 1942. My grandfather Daniel Allister McCann was also on this aircraft that fateful morning. I would love to know more about both him and the crew he was flying with. My email is: beebee.steve@gmail.com 11/22/2010 @ 01:29 [ref: 33334] |
| Lia Rios-Muller Helotes, TX | There was an article in the San Antonio Express/ news on July 28, 2002 about an accident that involved my Grandfather Raul Munoz (CO-PILOT) abd Pilot Merle E. Arman of Seattle Washington. They were flying over San Antonio. A militray crash record stated that 'While in a turn Northeat to South the plane suddenly started into a 45 degree dive with engines apparently running wide open... the Pilot was unable to recover". The plane crashed into a house. Both pilots were killed but no one was injured on the ground. Both pilots were stationed in Wilmington Del. They were bith 24 years old. This accident happened in December of 1943. 11/20/2008 @ 06:21 [ref: 23111] |
| Lia Rios-Muller Helotes, TX | There was an article in the San Antonio Express/ news on July 28, 2002 about an accident that involved my Grandfather Raul Munoz (CO-PILOT) abd Pilot Merle E. Arman of Seattle Washington. They were flying over San Antonio. A militray crash record stated that 'While in a turn Northeat to South the plane suddenly started into a 45 degree dive with engines apparently running wide open... the Pilot was unable to recover". The plane crashed into a house. Both pilots were killed but no one was injured on the ground. Both pilots were stationed in Wilmington Del. They were bith 24 years old. 11/20/2008 @ 06:02 [ref: 23110] |
| Lia Rios-Muller Helotes, TX | There was an article in the San Antonio Express/ news on July 28, 2002 about an accident that involved my Grandfather Raul Munoz (CO-PILOT) abd Pilot Merle E. Arman of Seattle Washington. They were flying over San Antonio. A militray crash record stated that 'While in a turn Northeat to South the plane suddenly started into a 45 degree dive with engines apparently running wide open... the Pilot was unable to recover". The plane crashed into a house. Both pilots were killed but no one was injured on the ground. Both pilots were stationed in Wilmington Del. They were bith 24 years old. 11/20/2008 @ 06:02 [ref: 23109] |
| Earl Williams Hernando, MS | My father was killed in an AT18, along with two other men, on April 19, 1943. They'd taken off from a field in Mission, TX, and reached an altitude of about 300 ft when (according to witnesses) the plane lost altitude and speed, turned on its side, pulled up a bit, and crashed. A friend of his told me none of the pilots wanted to fly this plane, that they felt it was unsafe and hard to control. [I'd like to contact Mrs Tisinger, who also wrote about this plane, if that's possible]
Earl Williams 10/24/2007 @ 12:34 [ref: 18289] |
| Garth Ridley Richmond Hill, ON | Do you have the e-mail address for David Elliott who wrote about the AT-18 back in 2002. I'm in contact with the sister of the pilot, J. Foley, Yours Sincerely, Garth Ridley 09/27/2007 @ 07:08 [ref: 18021] |
| Jane Y. Tisinger The Woodlands,, TX | My first husband, William Earnest Barrett, Jr., was stationed at Scott Field, Illinois as test pilot whose duties were to test planes that had been repaired. He loved his position but the only plane I ever heard him say he did not wish to fly was the AT-18. He considered it unsafe.
On August 10, 1944 he was testing an AT-18. Five or six radio students went with him in order to gain flight time and increased pay. There was an accident near Ferguson, Mo. All perished. Witnesses to the accident said the plane was having trouble gaining altitude and the pilot was able to stear away from a nearby neighborhood. The plane crashed into an imbankment or small hill. Our son was 10 weeks old at the time and we were with my husband living in Belleville, Ill. I have often wondered if any other pilots had the same feeling about the AT-18. 08/13/2006 @ 14:04 [ref: 13877] |
| David Elliott Ottawa, ON | I have recently completed the life story of my uncle, P/O Marvyn Lowry, who was a wireless air gunner aboard a Mark V Lockheed Hudson in operations with the RCAF 407th "Demon Squadron" during WWII.
He was lost in action on April 6, 1942 along with his crew, JDA Foley, DA McCann and NA Leckie in the North Sea. I will be glad to email the story to anyone who requests it. 01/09/2002 @ 03:09 [ref: 4027] |
| RUSSELL TYLER, TX | I WAS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE AT-18. THIS IS THE BEST WEB SITE I HAVE FOUND. I HAD AN UNCLE,WHOM I NEVER KNEW, WAS KILLED IN AN AT-18 PLANE CRASH IN JULY, 1943 WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT OVER CENTRAL UTAH. HE WAS FLYING OUT OF MATHER AIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA.ICE WEB SITE. THANK YOU,
R.K. HEBERT 06/09/2001 @ 10:17 [ref: 2436] |
| RUSSELL TYLER, TX | I WAS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE AT-18. THIS IS THE BEST WEB SITE I HAVE FOUND. I HAD AN UNCLE,WHOM I NEVER KNEW, WAS KILLED IN AN AT-18 PLANE CRASH IN JULY, 1943 WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT OVER CENTRAL UTAH. HE WAS FLYING OUT OF MATHER AIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA.ICE WEB SITE. THANK YOU,
R.K. HEBERT 06/09/2001 @ 10:17 [ref: 2435] |
