Description
Two pilots prepare to leave on a sortie, in support of the 5th and 6th Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR & 6RAR), from Vung Tau airfield, South Vietnam. At the back of the cockpit is 39642 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Clifford Mitchell (Cliff) Dohle of Hughes, ACT and in the foreground is 33192 Flt Lt Peter Montague Middleton, Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Air Medal (US) of Black Rock, Vic. Flt Lt Middleton has previously served in the Second World War flying in the South Pacific campaign, flying Meteors during the Korean War and now flying Iroquois helicopters in Vietnam.
Details
Accession Number
VN/66/0020/01
Photographer
Gerald Wallace Westbury
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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