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Old 5th April 2021 | 14:59
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gulliBell
 
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Mal Smith, DFC. Landed his Sioux helicopter in a minefield in the Long Hai hills of Vietnam a number of times to medivac wounded Australian soldiers from 8th Battalion RAR. A humble man. He certainly built an aviation empire in PNG. I think the largest civilian order of H500 helicopters ever.
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