An unidentified United States Naval Petty Officer and Flying Officer Heugh, RAAF, standing with a ...

Accession Number P11338.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker McMaster, Jade
Place made Afghanistan: Kandahar Province, Kandahar
Date made 2010
Conflict Afghanistan, 2001-2021
Copyright

Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright

Description

An unidentified United States Naval Petty Officer and Flying Officer Heugh, RAAF, standing with a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter engine cowling during a transfer parade at the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit (MMU), Kandahar. The engine cowling was used as an emergency stretcher in the evacuation of casualties off a Black Hawk helicopter which crashed on 21 June 2010 in Northern Kandahar, Afghanistan. The engine cowling is held in the National Collection of the Australian War Memorial.