The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
219213 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Graham John Drinkwater, airframe fitter of Richmond, NSW and 25306 Sergeant (Sgt) Errol John Blackburn, engine fitter, of Merrylands, NSW, examine the results of an experiment in armour plating for the crew seats of the Caribou aircraft. All crews wear ‘flak vests’ to protect their upper body and these experiments are being made to determine the additional means of protection. They are watched by a Vietnamese civilian employed by the RAAF as a general hand. The experimental seat is made of honeycombed fibreglass, which has had a .45 revolver shots fired at it from close range.
55714 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Raymond Charles Chandler, engine fitter of Hurstville NSW, (left) 25306 Sergeant (Sgt) Errol John Blackburn, engine fitter (NOC 1/c Shift) of Merrylands, NSW, 3559 Corp
Two RAAF men at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, help themselves to Caribou aircraft parts from a crashed US Army Caribou in the aircraft ‘graveyard’ on the base. The yard contains crashed aircraft of many t
218254 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Brian Richards, loadmaster of Merrylands, NSW, supervises the unloading of rocket launchers from a RAAF Caribou at Vung Tau. LAC Richards is an engine fitter by trade
A RAAF loadmaster 217341 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Kenneth Laurence (Ken) Howard, of Bathurst, NSW, looks out of the tail of a Caribou as it flies over the delta country in South Vietnam. The aircraf
RAAF men from Sydney and US Army men at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, get together for a chat at the base Motor Transport Section as an RAAF jeep comes in for servicing. They are from left: 219151 Leading
RAAF loadmaster 216116 Corporal (Cpl) Joseph Edward (Joe) Thomas, of Bullaburra NSW (second from left) uses a special slide rule to determine the positioning of the cargo taken on board the Caribou at
