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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All photos copyright Leading Airman Phot Mal Lancaster

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