Informal group portrait of the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sir Alister Murdoch RAAF ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, South Vietnam, Saigon
Accession Number P01967.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam: South Vietnam, Saigon, Tan Son Nhut
Date made August 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work

Description

Informal group portrait of the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sir Alister Murdoch RAAF (seated front), during a visit to the USAF's 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (TRS) based at Tan Son Nhut. He is seen here in the Squadron's crew room with, from left to right: Air Commodore G.T. Newstead (COMRAAFV), Colonel Pope (Director of Maintenance, 460 Wing), Squadron Leader A.R. Reed (a RAAF pilot serving on exchange with the unit during its tour in Vietnam), and Lieutenant Colonel V. Allgood (CO, 12th TRS).