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Restored Australian Navy aircraft allows emotional reunion for Vietnamese refugees, 40 years after dramatic rescue
A group of Vietnamese refugees and their families have reconnected with a restored aircraft near south of Sydney, 40 years after their miraculous rescue from a “floundering” fishing boat that was helping them flee Vietnam’s communist regime.
Key points:
- A heartfelt reunion between Vietnamese refugees and a restored naval aircraft has been celebrated at the HARS aviation museum
- For many of the refugees, it was 40 years since they last saw the aircraft, which saved them in 1981 from the South China Sea
- The Grumman S-2G Tracker 851 will remain on display at HARS to celebrate this miraculous story
In June 1981, crew on the Australian Navy’s HMAS Melbourne were flying in an anti-submarine patrol plane, a Grumman S-2G Tracker 851, when they helped…
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