A Chinook helicopter lowers an Iroquois helicopter to the ground, probably in a field at the Fire ...

A Chinook helicopter lowers an Iroquois helicopter to the ground, probably in a field at the Fire Support Base Black Horse, South Vietnam. The Iroquois is suspended on a long cable under the Chinook, and is possibly one of two helicopters fired upon on 18 April 1968. Two crew members of the RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV) had a lucky escape when their helicopters were hit by groundfire in a troop landing zone. The two crewmen R93385 Leading Airman (LACM) Jeffrey McINtyre, of Evandale, SA, and R93754 Leading Airman Weapons (LAMW) Barry Arthur Todd, of Bassendean, WA, were gunners on their aircraft during a combat assault into a enemy held position in the Delta area of Vietnam. The troops of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) who were landed into the area made heavy contact with a sizeable Viet Cong (VC) force. Re-inforcements were later landed in an adjacent area with the heliopters taking more groundfire. In the action, LACM McIntyre's aircraft was shot down, and one other pilot and two crewmen, all from the US, were wounded.