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The Commanding Officer of the RAAF Transport Flight, 5813 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Christopher J (Chris) Sugden DFC, pilot of Dalkeith, WA confers with the Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Bob Dillard, at the US Army airbase at Vung Tau near Saigon. The RAAF unit is based on the US Army Base, for all equipment and domestic supplies, but comes under the US Air Force at Saigon for operational requirements. They are discussing a model of the Caribou aircraft used by both RAAF and the US Army in South Vietnam. There is an American flag behind them.
A photographic montage showing various aspects of life of the RAAF Transport Flight at Vung Tau, in South Vietnam. Depicted are loadmasters at work, crews returning from a sortie, pilots at a briefin
Members of the newly formed RAAF Transport Flight, Vietnam, pose in front of a squadron Caribou at Butterworth, Malaya. The flight left Butterworth on 8 August 1964 for South Vietnam. The group includ
Aircrews of the first three Caribou to go to South Vietnam, gather around the commander of the flight, 5813 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Christopher J (Chris) Sugden, as he outlines a flight plan. Ident
An RAAF Caribou being serviced in the foreground, while in the rear is a US Army Caribou. Above the RAAF aircraft an Australian flag and RAAF flag flies from the front of the hangar at Vung Tau base.
RAAF loadmasters discuss the next cargo load by the tail of an RAAF Caribou as they wait at Tan Son Nhut airport, Saigon. US Army and South Vietnamese Army men also wait to help load the cargo into t
An RAAF Caribou is being serviced in the foreground of a hangar at Vung Tau base, while in the rear is a US Army Caribou. Above the RAAF aircraft a RAAF flag flies from the front of the hangar.
