Cessna O-2Walkaround Gallery

Cessna O-2 21407 USAF VH-OII Temora 2014

Here is Temora's Cessna O-2 in the maintenance hangar. This aircraft was flown by RAAF FAC pilots using the Jade callsign. The pilot named on the side, David Robson, was Jade 07. The FAC pilots are a largely unsung group of fliers who went low and slow in an attempt to draw fire and get the enemy to reveal their postions. The FAC would then guide in air strikes or call in artillery. FAC pilots had a very high casualty rate.

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Graeme Molineux