Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: O'BRIEN, George
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.082104

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed label: HELICOPTER PILOTS HAVE HARD TIME / FINDING A DULL MOMENT DURING THE DAY / Hq, 2AD, Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN – BURNED TO CINDERS – This photo, taken from / about 500 feet, shows a column of smoke rising from a burning H-34 helicopter / which crashed near Tan Son Nhut after losing a rear rotor. The / crew and passengers got out safely. (Air Force Photo by SSgt. George / O’Brien) / -30-; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / Owen [handwritten] / from BLACK STAR

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: VIETNAM / VIETNAM WAR
Retouching: N