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Ten RAAF ground crew stationed at Bien Hoa near Saigon, are combining with Australian Army technicians and pilots in a ‘keep the aircraft flying’ programme which has earned them the respect and admiration of their American colleagues. The RAAF tradesmen belong to the 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight which has been actively engaged in an operational role in Vietnam since September 1965. The Fight covers resupply, visual reconnaissance, liaison, radio relay and casualty evacuation using the Flight’s two Sioux helicopters. The remainder of the Flight consists of two Cessna light aircraft. The RAAF men, along with their Army colleagues are housed in tents at Bien Hoa airfield. Identified left to right: 15767 Corporal (Cpl) Eadley James Wilson, electrical fitter of Wagga Wagga, NSW and 219443 Corporal (Cpl) Peter Dennis Menear, radio technician of Penrith, NSW, servicing a Sioux helicopter.
Ten RAAF ground crew stationed at Bien Hoa near Saigon, are combining with Australian Army technicians and pilots in a ‘keep the aircraft flying’ programme which has earned them the respect and admira
Ten RAAF ground crew stationed at Bien Hoa near Saigon, are combining with Australian Army technicians and pilots in a ‘keep the aircraft flying’ programme which has earned them the respect and admira
Ten RAAF ground crew stationed at Bien Hoa near Saigon, are combining with Australian Army technicians and pilots in a ‘keep the aircraft flying’ programme which has earned them the respect and admira
BIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM, C. 1966. AUSTRALIAN ARMY LANCE CORPORAL T.H. BLAIR (SEATED) OF GRACEVILLE, QLD, AND FLIGHT SERGEANT LLOYD LARNEY OF RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT OF RAAF 161 (STANDING) OF MANLY, QLD,
Mascots have become part and parcel of a serviceman's life abroad. At Bien Hoa, Vietnam, this parrot recently waddled into the mess hut of RAAF and Army members of No 161 Independent Reconnaissance F
RAAF ground crew, who are posted to the Australian Army's No 161 Reconnaissance Squadron at Vung Tau, regard themselves as a 'queer kettle of fish', because although they are RAAF, they live and work
