Running time
2 min 30 sec
Date made
Place made
Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Copyright
Australian War Memorial
'Dust off', interview with Pilot Officer Michael Haxell who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for two emergency extractions of Australian troops in the face of heavy enemy fire in August 1967. [AWM F04725]
Pilot Officer Michael Haxell was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for two emergency extractions of Australian troops in the face of heavy enemy fire in August 1967. Aged 24 when he began his ten month tour of Vietnam, Haxell was, at the time, 9 Squadron's youngest pilot. In this clip he speaks to an interviewer about flying casualty evacuations, known as 'dust-offs', during 1967. Footage of such operations complement the interview.