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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 01:07
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The RAAF Huey squadron in Vietnam earned a total of 32 DFC's over a period of 5.5 years, the first two years with a fleet of eight aircraft, then sixteen. One pilot received the DFC for pulling off a forced landing into mangroves following a non combat related engine failure (compressor let go). Aircraft was lying on its side in the mangroves, recovered and back on line two days later. Not unlike the Wellington spoken of.
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