The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-06. A RAAF CARIBOU AIRCRAFT TURNS AROUND AFTER LANDING AT LUSCOMBE AIRFIELD, 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF). THE AIRSTRIP IS NAMED AFTER LIEUTENANT BRYAN TAYLOR LUSCOMBE, THE FIRST ARMY PILOT KILLED IN THE KOREAN WAR. WORK ON THE AIRSTRIP WAS STARTED SOON AFTER THE AUSTRALIANS ARRIVED AT NUI DAT IN 1966-06, SINCE THEN SEVERAL EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO IT. NOTE THE SIGN FOR THE AIRFIELD AND COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES IN THE FOREGROUND.
Nui Dat, South Vietnam, 1966-12-05. The first Caribou aircraft from No. 35 Squadron RAAF touching down on the newly opened Luscombe Field airstrip at the Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat. The air
1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) sign at Luscombe Airfield, Nui Dat. A roped off commemorative stone with attached plaques is in the foreground and light aircraft are dispersed off the runway in the
This Australian Cessna 180 observation and utility aircraft was one of the first aircraft from the 161 Independant Reconnaissance Flight (161 Flight), Australian Army, to touch down on the newly opene
This Australian Cessna 180 observation and utility aircraft was one of the first aircraft from the 161 Independant Reconnaissance Flight (161 Flight), Australian Army, to touch down on the newly opene
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-06. An aerial view of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base looking north. In the foreground is a battery of artillery and 1ATF Headquarters. The hill of Nui Dat is in
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-10. Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Mal Smith of Windsor Gardens, SA, watches as Corporal Brian Calder of Yankalilla, SA (with tattoos on his arm), refuels his Sioux helicopter
