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Two RAAF and a US Army man who were among the team responsible for the recent successful recovery of a damaged Caribou from a delta airstrip, near where the Viet Cong (VC) forces were attacking nightly. The men identified as possibly Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) John Latham, engine fitter (centre) and Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Gordon Wright, engine fitter (right) work on the Caribou, now safely back at Vung Tau. With them is US Army Specialist 5th Class Ron Justice, who played a major role in helping the RAAF recover the aircraft. The RAAF team had to replace a wing, undercarriage, propeller, and make many repairs to instruments and airframe so that the aircraft could be flown back to the base for permanent repairs.
Three of the RAAF (R.T.F.V) men who were responsible for the recent successful recovery of a damaged RAAF Caribou (A4-173) from a delta airstrip (Hei Yen) near where Viet Cong forces were attacking ni
Two RAAF technicians and a US Army man who were among the group of men responsible for the recent successful recovery of a damaged Caribou from a delta airstrip, near where the Viet Cong (VC) forces w
US Army fitter watches as three RAAF airframe fitters repair a damaged mainplane of a Caribou at Vung Tau. The aircraft had been recovered after being damaged on landing on a strip in the Mekong Delt
Three RAAF technicians who helped to recover a crashed Caribou after it had been damaged when the nosewheel hit a mud filled hole in a dirt airstrip in the delta region. The RAAF team flew in, and wi
RAAF men and Vietnamese civilians use combined muscle power to life a heavy Caribou aircraft engine propeller off its stand where it had been serviced ready to replace it on the aircraft.
RAAF men at the Vung Tau check a Caribou aircraft battery in the US Army battery section on the base. This is one of the services shared by both forces who use identical aircraft. The RAAF electrica
