The Commanding Officer (CO) of No 9 Squadron, RAAF, at Vung Tau, 37568 Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) ...

Accession Number VN/69/0077/01
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Cooper, Norman Murray
Place made Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made July 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

The Commanding Officer (CO) of No 9 Squadron, RAAF, at Vung Tau, 37568 Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) Roy Walter ‘Nugget’ Hibben, AFC, Queen’s Commendation for Valuable air service, of Mundijong, WA, seen here in the pilots seat of an Iroquois helicopter. He enlisted in the RAAF 18 years ago and this is his second tour of duty in a war zone. Wing Cdr Hibben is the fifth commanding officer of the squadron, which operates Iroquois helicopters in support of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) in the Phuoc Tuy province, since the squadron arrived at Vung Tau in May 1966. Wing Cdr Hibben’s has also served with the RAAF in Korea in 1953.

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