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No 35 Squadron, Caribou aircraft carried a wide variety of loads during the Vietnam campaign. Apart from passengers (Vietnamese civilians and service personnel), cargo included mail and freight such as ammunition, fuel and supplies, as well as livestock. One of the passengers seen here is a Vietnamese Officer travelling to another base, accompanying by his wife. An unidentified RAAF cargo master watches, while an unidentified Vietnamese assistant checks the bags of mail and the Vietnamese Officer's suitcase, prior to take off.
South Vietnamese and US troops wait to board a RAAF Caribou at an airstrip near the North Vietnamese border. The RAAF Caribou carry a variety of cargo ranging from food and ammunition, to passengers
PHU TUC, SOUTH VIETNAM. C. 1965. UNLOADING PIGS FROM A RAAF TRANSPORT FLIGHT CARIBOU AIRCRAFT. THE TRANSPORT WINGS CARRY FREIGHT, PASSENGERS AND MAIL.
A45133 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Robert Brooks, of Didcot, Berkshire, England and Richmond, NSW, No 35 Squadron, Caribou loadmaster, sweeps out his Caribou aircraft as some Vietnamese passengers look
A33938 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Alexander Francis (Alex) Martini, No 35 Squadron Caribou loadmaster, of Sale, Vic, had trouble coaxing a reluctant cow out of his caribou aircraft in the town of Nha T
Sighting an American M1 carbine is A56748 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Dirk Peter Van Kessell, of Ormonde, Vic, watched by O24908 Warrant Officer (WO) Richard John ‘Lurch’ De Friskbom, of Kiama, NSW. Bo
Goods and passengers were a typical load of a Caribou aircreaft of RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam (RTFV). On this journey are several baskets of ducks, a Vietnamese ARVN officer and a vietnamese woman.
