AIR LIFT OF FOOD AND MILITARY SUPPLIES IN KOREA.—Photographs taken during an experimental use of helicopters in supplying food, ammunition, and fuel to the British Commonwealth Division in Korea. In three days a dozen helicopters made 1135 lifts from supply points and carried a total of almost 430 tons. LEFT: New Zealanders from the 10th Transport Company unloading one of the planes. RIGHT: Corporal E. Tikao, of Lyttelton, helping to clear the cargo just after the helicopter touched down. The plane was airborne again in well under a minute.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27091, 14 July 1953, Page 10
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89AIR LIFT OF FOOD AND MILITARY SUPPLIES IN KOREA.—Photographs taken during an experimental use of helicopters in supplying food, ammunition, and fuel to the British Commonwealth Division in Korea. In three days a dozen helicopters made 1135 lifts from supply points and carried a total of almost 430 tons. LEFT: New Zealanders from the 10th Transport Company unloading one of the planes. RIGHT: Corporal E. Tikao, of Lyttelton, helping to clear the cargo just after the helicopter touched down. The plane was airborne again in well under a minute. Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27091, 14 July 1953, Page 10
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