P01059.002 Accession Number: P01059.002

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HA TIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1965-05. A CARIBOU AIRCRAFT STARBOARD WING BEING DELIVERED BY HELICOPTER. A RAAF TRANSPORT FLIGHT CARIBOU A4-173 LANDED SHORT AND DAMAGED ITS UNDERCARRIAGE. WHILE UNDER REPAIR BY RAAF AND UNITED STATES ARMY TECHNICIANS IT WAS FURTHER DAMAGED WHEN AN AMERICAN SUPPLY PLANE DROPPING AMMUNITION PUT ONE CASE THROUGH THE STARBOARD WING. A NEW WING WITH AMERICAN MARKINGS WAS FLOWN IN BY HELICOPTER AND FITTED.

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P01059.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Donor D Harvey
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work

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