A No 9 Squadron, RAAF, UH-1H Iroquois helicopter (number 378), about to land to drop off supplies ...

Accession Number VN/68/0010/12
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Ward, Barrie Thomas Burrill
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam
Date made March 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A No 9 Squadron, RAAF, UH-1H Iroquois helicopter (number 378), about to land to drop off supplies to Australian troops in the field and pick up an army mortar company, who have been waiting to be to a forward base. The helicopters have been flying from dawn to dusk delivering a constant supply of ammunition, food and other urgently needed supplies to the forward positions to assist the Australian troops during Operation Coburg.

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