Para engineers send up a marker balloon made of yellow plastic for the
RAF Whirlwind helicopter to drop a supply of explosives and to re-supply ammunition and food.
The supplies were free dropped, not winched down, due to a Indonesian Border Fort being within 1000 yards of the site.

Para engineers send up a marker balloon made of yellow plastic for the RAF Whirlwind helicopter to drop a supply of explosives and to re-supply ammunition and food. The supplies were free dropped, not winched down, due to a Indonesian Border Fort being within 1000 yards of the site.
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