An M543 5 ton wrecker (left) being used to change a Pratt and Whitney R2000 twin Wasp radial ...

Accession Number P05002.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Woolmer, Percy Charles
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 1966-1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

An M543 5 ton wrecker (left) being used to change a Pratt and Whitney R2000 twin Wasp radial engine on an RAAF Caribou aircraft operated by 35 Squadron, RAAF. The aircraft is parked at the top end of Luscombe field, Nui Dat and the three unidentified men are working to lift the three bladed propeller away from the engine.

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