C345 - 1964 Irish U.N. advance party leave for Cyprus

09/04/1964
04/09/1964
09 April 1964
Irish U.N. advance party leave for Cyprus. An advance party of 60 Irish troops of the 40th Battalion leaving Dublin Airport by U.S. Airforce plane for Nicosia Airport, the rest of the unit would fly out two weeks later. Picture shows some of the troops about to board the plane.

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09/04/1964<br />
04/09/1964<br />
09 April 1964<br />
Irish U.N. advance party leave for Cyprus. An advance party of 60 Irish troops of the 40th Battalion leaving Dublin Airport by U.S. Airforce plane for Nicosia Airport, the rest of the unit would fly out two weeks later. Picture shows some of the troops about to board the plane.