Accession Number | CUN/71/0406/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Cunneen, William James |
Date made | 1971 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
South Vietnam. August 1971. Army helicopter pilot Lieutenant (Lt) Frazer Gibson of Ivanhoe, Vic ...
Description
South Vietnam. August 1971. Army helicopter pilot Lieutenant (Lt) Frazer Gibson of Ivanhoe, Vic (left), gets the all clear for take off from a US instructor during a training course. Lt Gibson, and other pilots of 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight were undergoing a conversion course on the new Kiowa OH58A helicopter which was being introduced into the Flight.