The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 types, and with typical Australian ingenuity, the RAAF men find many spare parts suitable for their needs among the wrecked aircraft. The men, watched by a Vietnamese civilian employee are: 18721 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Patrick Gordon Mills, airframe fitter of Parramatta, NSW and 1782 Corporal (Cpl) John (Bob) Adams, airframe fitter of Waitara, NSW.
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 ex
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
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
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
Portrait of 219563 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Allan Ernest Wilcox, electrical fitter of Clayfield, Qld who is dwarfed by the tails of the six RAAF Caribou aircraft lined up at Vung Tau.
