The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Iroquois helicopters of No 9 Squadron, are based at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, and are armed with M60 machine guns. These rapid firing weapons are also mounted on jeeps and used for airfield security work and Australian Army convoys. Pictured examining a jeep mounted M60 machine gun at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base are, from left; Lance Corporal (L Cpl) John Spence, of the Royal Australian Army Service Corps; A39888 Corporal (Cpl) Victor Edward (Vic) Williams, of East Brighton, Vic, No 9 Squadron door gunner; O219176 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Leslie Wilfred (Les) Morris, of Frenches Forest, NSW, No 9 Squadron co-pilot.
The Bell UH-1B Iroquois medium utility helicopter is a turboshaft-powered machine with two-blade main rotor and tail rotor. The aircraft is built primarily from alloy. The original US serial number wa
No 9 Squadron crew members gather at the door of their Iroquois helicopter on the helipad at 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), looking at the maps which had been retrieved from a Viet Cong (VC) jungle
12037 Corporal (Cpl) Keith Gregory Kenafacke, of Mitchell, Qld, is seen checking out the door gunner’s M60 machine gun after the No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter, based at Vung Tau, returned
1200276 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Blair Munro Weaver, (left) army helicopter pilot with 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight (161 Indep Recce Flt), based with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) at Nu
During a lull in the fighting of Operation Bribie, two pilots from No 9 Iroquois Squadron, O37576 Flt Lt Robert Andrew (Bob) MacIntosh, of Ainslie, ACT (front right), and O219176 Flight Lieutenant (Fl
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
Stripping and maintaining M60 machine guns at the No 9 Squadron armoury at the Airbase at Vung Tau are A221689 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) John Raymond Brighton, of Gosford, NSW, (left) and A54596 Corpo