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The crew of a RAAF Caribou transport are welcomed at an airstrip in South Vietnam by members of the South Vietnamese Army, for whom they have brought food and ammunition. The strip is in the delta country south of Saigon, an area under heavy attacks from the Viet Cong. Identified from left: unidentified Vietnamese civilian; 216116 Corporal (Cpl) Joseph Edward (Joe) Thomas, loadmaster of Bullaburra NSW; 313351 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Noel Peter Brown assistant loadmaster of Warrnambool, Vic; two Vietnamese soldiers; 3756 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Ronald George Raymond, pilot of Richmond, NSW; a Vietnamese civilian and 315165 Flying Officer (FO) John McQueen formerly of Kettering, England, now Sydney, NSW.
RAAF Caribou pilots, 315165 Flying Officer (FO) John McQueen formerly of Kettering, England, now Sydney, NSW and 220900 FO, Gary A Martin, pilot of Bondi, Sydney, NSW are framed by the tail of their a
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 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
RAAF loadmaster 315733 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Eric Urquhart (Jock), loadmaster formerly of Aberdeen, Scotland, now of Melbourne, Vic, (second from right) talks with Vietnamese civilians at Tan Son
An RAAF Caribou returns from a day’s flying as evening falls at Vung Tau. 0211825 Pilot Officer (PO) Jan Staal, pilot of Young, NSW; 315267 Flying Officer (FO) John Ernest Lindner, pilot of Albury, N
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
