Nui Dat from the Air Photos

1ATF Area looking NE

<strong>Goldie1 - Mar 67<br>
1ATF Area looking NE.<br>
Note Kanga Pad is only four or five pads.<br>
Also note the road that goes past the end of Luscombe Airfield.<br>
The airfield was subsequently extended and<br>
that road was closed to normal traffic.<br><br>

<em>Photos taken by Ross Goldspink, 161 Recce Flt<br>
RW pilot, in country Sep 66 until Sep 67.<br><br>

Sadly, Ross passed away in Feb 2002.<br>
Our thanks go to his wife Lorraine for permission to use the photos.</em></strong>

Looking over Long Tan to 1ATF

<strong>Goldie2 - Mar 67. Looking over the Long Tan Rubber<br>
Plantation to the 1ATF area and Luscombe Airfield.<br><br>

<em>Photos taken by Ross Goldspink, 161 Recce Flt<br>
RW pilot, in country Sep 66 until Sep 67.<br><br>

Sadly, Ross passed away in Feb 2002.<br>
Our thanks go to his wife Lorraine for permission to use the photos.</em></strong>

Extra information - Long Tan aerial view

<strong>Long Tan view towards HQ1ATF .. Annotations provided by Norm Austin<br><br>

Norm wrote to us as follows:</strong><br><br>

"Also if you look at the picture Goldie 2 <em>(see previous photo)</em> - which looks over the Long Tan rubber plantation back to the west towards Nui Dat. You can see in the middle left of the Long Tan plantation where the artillery blasted it to bits during the battle. You can also see a track on the right going directly to the top of Little Nui Dat and the bomb craters on the front right.<br><br>

Also of interest is that the VC had 2500 infantry soldiers in that plantation and we did not know that they were there. We had something like 200 infantry and 300-400 others in our rubber plantation - thank god for the artillery."

Looking back over the Task Force Area towards Long Tan

<strong>Goldie3 - a reverse shot of number 2, looking back over the<br>
Task Force Area towards Long Tan.<br><br>

<em>Photos taken by Ross Goldspink, 161 Recce Flt<br>
RW pilot, in country Sep 66 until Sep 67.<br><br>

Sadly, Ross passed away in Feb 2002.<br>
Our thanks go to his wife Lorraine for permission to use the photos.</em></strong>

Task Force Area

<strong> Goldie4 - Oct 67.<br>
Featuring a large section of the Task<br>
Force Area.<br><br>

<em>Photos taken by Ross Goldspink, 161 Recce Flt<br>
RW pilot, in country Sep 66 until Sep 67.<br><br>

Sadly, Ross passed away in Feb 2002.<br>
Our thanks go to his wife Lorraine for permission to use the photos.</em></strong>

1ATF Base circa 1971

ATF Base - 1971

1ATF Aerial View - Ian Mckenzie photo

<strong>Photos taken by Ian McKenzie, 161 Recce Flt RW pilot<br><br>

<em>We acknowledge and thank Ian and 161 Recce Flt
for permission to use these photos.</em></strong>

1ATF Aerial View - Ian Mckenzie photo

<strong>Photos taken by Ian McKenzie, 161 Recce Flt RW pilot<br><br>

<em>We acknowledge and thank Ian and 161 Recce Flt
for permission to use these photos.</em></strong>

Overlooking fuel farm area

<strong>Overlooking fuel farm area with<br>
161 (Indep) Recce Flt area centre top - 1971<br><br>

<em>Photos by Warren Heapy, Instrument Fitter<br>
with 161 (Indep) Recce Flt</em></strong>

The entrance to Nui Dat, Kanga Pad

<strong>Entrance to Nui Dat, Kanga Pad etc - 1971<br><br>

<em>Photos by Warren Heapy, Instrument Fitter
with 161 (Indep) Recce Flt</em></strong>

1ATF Aerial view circa 1971

<strong>Aerial View 1ATF Base</strong>