Place | Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat |
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Accession Number | P01892.030 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Millane, Tom |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat |
Date made | January 1969 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
A winch in a trailer on which are wound tethering lines and cables to a barrage balloon about to ...
Description
A winch in a trailer on which are wound tethering lines and cables to a barrage balloon about to go aloft over the US 173 Airborne Brigade base. The cables lead to three PRC25 radio communications sets attached to the balloon. The Australian Field Operational Research Section (FORS) had attached radio equipment to the balloon as a means of increasing the distance over which communications could be maintained with Special Air Services (SAS) units operating in the field. The balloon was on loan from the US 7th Air Force.