South Vietnam. August 1971. Army helicopter pilot Lieutenant (Lt) Frazer Gibson of Ivanhoe, Vic ...

Accession Number CUN/71/0406/VN
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

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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.