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No 2 Squadron Canberra A84-241 at Phan Rang Air Base, after its nose wheel failed

Description	English: A No 2 Squadron Canberra bomber aircraft A84-241 sits in the middle of the Phan Rang runway, Vietnam, after its nose wheel failed to lower for landing on 11 July 1970. The aircraft was piloted by O224235 Pilot Officer (PO) Michael Brendon Birks and O117504 Flying Officer (FO) Alan Joseph Curr. The aircraft suffered very little damage except around the nose undersurface, and the crew climbed unharmed out of their aircraft. When the United States Air Force base commander arrived on the scene, he was prepared to bulldoze it away to remove the obstruction it was causing to the normal flying operations, RAAF personnel mounted a hurried effort to rescue the aircraft.
Date	11 July 1970
Source	https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C298912
Author	Central Photographic Unit

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