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A C130A Hercules transport aircraft (A97-209), of No 36 Squadron, RAAF, which is loading truckloads of humanitarian supplies on the runway at Tan Son Nhut airbase near Saigon. This aircraft was captained and piloted by 43754 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Brian Geoffrey Young, No 36 Squadron, RAAF. He and his crew made several humanitarian flights from Tan Son Nhut airbase to An Thoi refugee camp on Phu Quoc Island, 300 kilometres west of Saigon. Flt Lt Young noted that the runway at An Thoi was a narrow and slippery, perforated steel planking (PSP) runway only 3000 feet long, which is not very big for a heavily laden C130. The jet liner in the background is a Boeing 727.
Two South Vietnamese landing craft approaching An Thoi harbour, an ex United States Navy base on Phu Quoc Island, approximately 300 kilometres west of Saigon. Each vessel is packed full with South Vie
The view looking aft and down from the flight deck into the cargo compartment of a C130A Hercules transport aircraft (A97-209), of No 36 Squadron, RAAF, which is full of South Vietnamese refugees flee
The view looking aft and down from the flight deck into the cargo compartment of a C130A Hercules transport aircraft (A97-209), of No 36 Squadron, RAAF, which is full of South Vietnamese refugees flee
The view looking aft and down from the flight deck into the cargo compartment of a C130A Hercules transport aircraft (A97-209), of No 36 Squadron, RAAF, which is full of South Vietnamese refugees flee
The RAAF which began active operations in South Vietnam in July 1964 with three transport aircraft appropriately closed the book on the Vietnam war regarding Australia's involvement yesterday when two
Introductory scene 315794 Pilot Officer John David Grierson walks into frame wearing a slouch hat and smoking a pipe turns to camera and says “I want you”. Tan Son Nhut airport Saigon a Vietnamese Pan
