The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bell Iroquois UH-1H helicopter serial number A2-769 of 9 Squadron RAAF undergoing inspection after recovery to the squadron maintenance area at Vung Tau military airfield, following an engine failure and forced landing six kilometres west of Ap Suoi Nghe. The aircraft was initially assessed as having sustained category four damage (write-off) and was recovered as a slung load by a US Army Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook helicopter (not in view). Those airmen in the vicinity are probably air frame fitters noting repairs needed to make it airworthy again. This helicopter was subsequently rebuilt by a local US Army aircraft maintenance facility. In October 1969, the aircraft also crashed again and it was destroyed at the site by a demolition team.
Recovering a Bell Iroquois UH-1H helicopter serial number A2-769 of 9 Squadron RAAF following a forced landing after engine failure, six kilometres west of Ap Suoi Nghe (background left). Purple smok
Unidentified RAAF personnel load the tail boom of an Iroquois UH-1H helicopter gunship, A2-382, of No 9 Squadron RAAF, into a Boeing Vertol Chinook CH-47C helicopter during a salvage operation. The Ir
Refurbishing the 'Albert Ross' (Albatross from the emblem of the 9 Squadron Crest) A leisure pontoon using fighter jet drop tanks for floats, helicopter seats, an Eski ice box, outboard motor surry su
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Lance Corporal Paul Snell of Seaford, Vic, instructs three Montagnard soldiers in weapons maintenance at Ap Suoi Nghe village, about two miles north-west of the 1
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-03. A tearful Vietnamese boy is cheered up by Padre Doug Shield of Woodside, SA. The padre was handing out toys with the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit at the rese
Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Vietnamese refugees wait for their name to be called at a ballot for land grants in the village of Ap Suoi Nghe, two miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force
