Soon after the start of Operation Paddington, Bell Iroquois helicopters of a US Assault ...

Accession Number P04668.977
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Gibbons, Denis Stanley
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made 8 July 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

Soon after the start of Operation Paddington, Bell Iroquois helicopters of a US Assault Helicopter Company heli-lift members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), into a landing zone near Xuyen Moc. The landing zone has been secured by other elements of 2RAR and A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment.