The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Xuan Loc area, South Vietnam. 1967-12. A Flying Crane helicopter (either a Sikorsky CH-54 or S-64 Tarhe) successfully uplifts a crippled and stripped M113. In the first attempt the crane was overloaded and members of the US 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment (11ACR), had to further strip back the M113 to lighten the load.
Xuan Loc area, South Vietnam. 1967-12. A Flying Crane helicopter (either a Sikorsky CH-54 or S-64 Tarhe) successfully uplifts a crippled and stripped M113. In the first attempt the crane was overloade
Xuan Loc area, South Vietnam. 1967-12. A Flying Crane helicopter (either a Sikorsky CH-54 or S-64 Tarhe) begins to uplift a crippled and stripped M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). In this first a
Xuan Loc area, South Vietnam. 1967-12. A Flying Crane helicopter (either a Sikorsky CH-54 or S-64 Tarhe), watched by a member of the 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment (11ACR), US Army, lowers a crippled
Xuan Loc area, South Vietnam. 1967-12. A Flying Crane helicopter (either a Sikorsky CH-54 or S-64 Tarhe) begins to uplift a mine-damaged M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). Members of the 11th Armo
Xuan Loc area, South Vietnam. 1967-12. A Flying Crane helicopter (either a Sikorsky CH-54 or S-64 Tarhe) flying low above the trees near a clearing where it was called in to uplift a mine-damaged, M11
Xuan Loc area, South Vietnam. 1967-12. Purple smoke rises near a mine-damaged M113, as two members of the 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment (11ACR), United States Army, prepare for the uplift of the crip
