PERFORMANCE STATISTICS - NO. 9 SQUADRON, RAAF
VIETNAM THEATRE - JUN 1966 TO DEC 1971

[5.5 Years (2,000 Days) Including 2.5 Years (900 Days) of Gunship Operations]
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Deployment Strength: 8 x Bell UH-1B Iroquois Helicopters and about 90 personnel

Mature Unit Strength: 16 x Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopters and about 170 personnel

Hours Flown: 58,768

Sorties: 237,806

Passengers: 414,818

Freight: 12,207 tonnes

Casevacs/Medevacs: 4,357 personnel

Weapons Expenditure:

7.62mm – 15,512,361 rounds
2.75 inch Rockets – 29,285 rounds

Maintenance Effort:
250 Major Servicings & approximately 1,800 Intermediate Servicings

Aircraft Availability
Averaged 13 of 16 aircraft on line daily; about 83 percent

Aircraft Attrition
7 lost due multiple causes and 23 suffered battle damage

Casualties
Killed 6, Wounded 8, Injured (under review)

HONOURS & AWARDS, NO. 9 SQUADRON RAAF

VIETNAM WAR – 1966 to 1971

(The Australian Order of Precedence of Awards)

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4 x DSO (Companion of the Distinguished Service Order)

2 x MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire)

32 x DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross)
RAN 1, RAAF 26, RNZAF 5

1 x CGM (Conspicuous Gallantry Medal)

1 x GM (George Medal)

9 x DFM (Distinguished Flying Medal)

1 x BEM(G) (British Empire Medal for Gallantry)

2 x BEM (British Empire Medal)

38 x MID (Mentioned-in-Dispatches)
RAN 2, RAAF 34, RNZAF 2

1 x Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (with Silver Star)