The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two veterans are once again flying together, they are 223382 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Thomas Barry (Tom) Farr, of Bathurst, NSW, (left) and 21702 Sergeant (Sgt) Gordon D Buttriss, of Sefton, NSW (right). The two were crewmen on the No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter which crashed and burnt in the Nui Thi Vai Mountains on 18 October 1966. Sgt Buttriss was the only one not seriously hurt and he saved two Australian Army passengers and the co-pilot, who would have almost certainly died in the flames. Sgt Buttriss was later awarded the George Medal for his bravery. LAC Farr has only recently returned to flying duties after spending several weeks in hospital with a severely bruised stomach from the crash.
The crew of a No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter based at Vung Tau, South Vietnam with the armament carried for their defence and survival, displayed in front of their helicopter. Standing behi
A No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter, A2-1018, was on a routine Army co-operation task named Operation Queanbeyan, when it crashed in difficult terrain on Nui Thi Vai Mountain, 12 miles north of
A No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter, A2-1018, was on a routine Army co-operation task named Operation Queanbeyan, when it crashed in difficult terrain on Nui Thi Vai Mountain, 12 miles north of
Crewmen of the RAAF Iroquois helicopters in Vietnam inspect a M60 machine gun fitted to a chopper of No 9 Squadron, RAAF. Each of the eight RAAF helicopters in Vietnam are fitted with two of these gu
News of the award of the George Medal to A21702 Sergeant (Sgt) Gordon Dudley Buttriss, of Sefton, NSW, was announced to his comrades in No 9 Squadron, at a parade in the squadron's hangar at Vung Tau
Members of No 9 Squadron, RAAF, and of No 3 Squadron, Special Air Services (3SAS) Squadron, stand near an Iroquois helicopter on the Kangaroo Pad (Kanga pad) at Nui Dat, after a mounted captured Viet
