The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
'Jade' was the codeword for the Forward Air Controller (FAC). The aircraft used was a Cessna O2 (Oscar Deuce).Scene opens with O2 landing on Luscombe Field at Nui Dat. Lt John Bart Neervoort dons parachute and helmet. Greeted by Cpt Chris Neil USAF, pilot of the O2.Aerial scenes of Phuoc Tuy province, Dat Do, Long Hai mountains, coastline.RAAF Canberra bombers used in airstrike. Shots of FAC firing white phosphorus rockets to mark target, bombs dropping from Canberras, bombs exploding, Bell Sioux flying low level runs over target for bomb damage assessment.Flight back to Nui Dat. Aerial shots of Bell Sioux flown by Lt Greg Monteith. View from O2 of approach and landing at Luscombe Field.
Operation Townsville. Sunrise over the Nui May Taos from FSPB Tiger. Many armoured vehicles ranging from Centurion tanks, tank dozers and bridgelayers to APCs. Bell Sioux helicopter flight at tree top
A home movie film taken by 4719405 gunner Frank Corcoran while serving with 12 Field Regiment in South Vietnam 1968-1969. The voice over was recorded by the film maker on audio cassette (S04191) and l
Opening scene during Operation Ross at FSPB Discovery, situated in a rubber plantation near the village of Xuyen Moc in eastern Phuoc Tuy province. Cpl Robert Joseph Bettany gets annoyed with the came
Wing Commander Tony Powell holds the unique distinction in the RAAF of being the only FAC pilot operating in South Vietnam with the USAF the term FAC means Forward Air Controller and is given to the S
One of the main tasks of pilots of the Army's 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight based in Vietnam is directing airstrikes on enemy targets. Flying Bell Sioux helicopters, the pilots fly over the
One of the main tasks of pilots of the Army's 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight based in Vietnam is directing airstrikes on enemy targets. Flying Bell Sioux helicopters, the pilots fly over the
