Accession Number | VN/67/0016/03 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Westbury, Gerald Wallace |
Place made | Vietnam: South Vietnam |
Date made | January 1967 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
A jungle clearing acts as a briefing room for these RAAF pilots of No 9 Squadron in Vietnam. ...
Description
A jungle clearing acts as a briefing room for these RAAF pilots of No 9 Squadron in Vietnam. O23946 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Leigh Oxley (Laddie) Hindley, of Goulburn, NSW, briefs the (Iroquois) crews in front of their helicopters before an operation in an area known to contain Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas. The three airmen to the right of Flt Lt Hindley are his crew and are (L to R) A33785 Sergeant (Sgt) James Henry Roche, A17445 Leading Aircraftman John Alexander Henson and A21702 Sgt Gordon Dudley Buttriss.