The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1970. Corporal Derek Downing of Mosman Park, WA (left), and Craftsman Chris Banner of Yarloop, WA, are both soldiers of the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, who spend their working hours repairing and maintaining the Army's light aircraft. For after hours relaxation, they have formed a model aircraft club, and regularly fly their scale models on Luscombe airfield, against a backdrop of RAAF, United States Air Force and Army aircraft taking off and landing on tactical missions over Phuoc Tuy Province. In the background is an Army Pilatus Porter aircraft as the two soldiers start a light racing model.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1970. Craftsman (Cfn) Lee Kwaterski of Kangaroo Island, SA (left), and Cfn Jeff Allen of South Plympton, SA, are both soldiers of the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flig
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1970. Corporal (Cpl) Don Angus of Lismore, NSW (left), and Cpl Bill Wright of Oatley, NSW, are both soldiers of the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, who spend thei
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1970. Corporal (Cpl) Russell Gordon of Mackay, Qld (left) and Cpl Stephen Good of Mt Gravatt, Qld, are both soldiers of the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight, who sp
Scene 1 17-26 A U S Army U21, Ute, electronic battlefield surveillance aircraft taxiing out from the refuelling point at Luscombe Airfield, Niu Dat, Vietnam. Australian Pilatus Porter aircraft in
