Image Gallery: August 2009
30 August 2009
Operation Magpies Return
Family members and former comrades of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver, as well as current serving Australian Defence Force personnel attend a military repatriation ceremony at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The Royal Australian Air Force Canberra Bomber they were flying in went missing on 3 November 1970 while returning to base following a bombing mission. The remains of the two airmen and the wreckage of their aircraft were located in thick jungle in a remote and sparsely populated area of Quang Nam Province, Vietnam.
The return of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver of Number 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, completes the search for all missing Australian Defence Force personnel who died while on operations during the Vietnam Conflict.
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Pilot Officer Robert Carver's medals, a photo and a service hat, in front of a C-130 Hercules at a miltary repatriation ceremony at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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Flying Officer Michael Herbert's medals, a photo and a service hat with a C-130 Hercules at a miltary repatriation ceremony at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, addresses family and former comrades of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver from Number 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, during a ceremony to mark the beginning of their journey home.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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(L to R) Nicole Carver, Adam Carver, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin AM, Shane Herbert and Major Jack Thurgar stand during a minutes silence at the repatriation ceremony for Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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Family, friends and former comrades of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver, along with Australian Government delegates and current serving Australian Defence Force personnel, stand in silence during a military repatriation ceremony at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain, Squadron Leader Gary Whelband, leads a bearer party comprising former comrades of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and current Number 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force members aboard a C-130 Hercules.
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( L to R) Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP,Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin AM, Shane Herbert and Major Jack Thurgar during the military repatriation of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver from Number 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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Wing Commander Alan Curr, a former comrade of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver, pays his respects during a military ceremony to repatriate the two airmen at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain, Squadron Leader Gary Whelband, aboard a C-130 Hercules, prays for the safe return of the aircraft carrying Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver back to Australia.
(Date taken: 30 August 2009)
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