ONUC photos

[Imshi-Yallah]

Does anyone have any photos and information about the UN peacekeeping mission in the Belgian Congo in the 1960s.
Its an important part of Irish military history but its been buried by the peace and neutrality crowd so its very difficult to come across any information, especially about the battles at Elizabethville and the Tunnel.
I know Sweden and India were among the contributors but other than that theres very little info going, any help is appreciated.
http://www.military.ie/images/congo.jpg
Irish troops boarding the flight out.

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50679536.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=EBEF9528AFF8E13377811E62BF3948AC7757C85AE85A779B
Ammo tent catches fire
http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50660072.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=EBEF9528AFF8E13362B19FEBD1F4B29A7757C85AE85A779B

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50660071.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=EBEF9528AFF8E133EC7224DF5F5ADCB97757C85AE85A779B
Arresting white mercenaries

[Imshi-Yallah]

LOCATION
Republic of the Congo


HEADQUARTERS
Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)

DURATION
July 1960 to June 1964


SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Ralph J. Bunche (United States) July -- August 1960
Andrew W. Cordier (United States) August -- September 1960
Rajeshwar Dayal (India) September 1960 -- May 1961
Mekki Abbas (Sudan) (Acting) March -- May 1961


OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE

Sture Linner (Sweden) May 1961-- January 1962
Robert K.A. Gardiner (Ghana) February 1962 -- May 1963
Max H. Dorsinville (Haiti) May 1963 -- April 1964
Bibiano F. Osorio-Tafall (Mexico) April -- June 1964


FORCE COMMANDERS

Lieutenant-General Carl C. von Horn (Sweden) July -- December 1960
Lieutenant-General Sean MacEoin (Ireland) January 1961 -- March 1962
Lieutenant-General Kebbede Guebre (Ethiopia) April 1962 -- July 1963
Major-General Christian Kaldager (Norway) August -- December 1963
Major-General Aguiyu Ironsi (Nigeria) January -- June 1964



STRENGTH
Maximum (July 1961)
19,828 all ranks, supported by international civilian and locally recruited staff
At withdrawal (30 December 1963)
5,871 all ranks, supported by international civilian and locally recruited staff

CONTRIBUTORS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liberia, Malaya, Federation of Mali, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, United Arab Republic and Yugoslavia
[From February 1963 to the end of the operation, a battalion of the Congolese National Army was incorporated in ONUC]

FATALITIES
245 military personnel
5 international civilian staff
_______________________
250 Total


FINANCING
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures
$400.1 million



http://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/onucB.htm

[mustamato]

http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/img/fvmus96/j29b_tunnan.jpg
1961-1963 the Swedish Air Force had a unit called F22 in Congo, which
consisted of nine J-29B (fighter-attack) and two S-29C (recon). They flew
combat sorties and attacked rebel positions. In "UN Light Aircraft Squadron"
Sweden also had pilots flying transport planes and some planes (I think).
http://medlem.spray.se/superswede/F22/

http://aphorismen-archiv.de/images/hammarskjoeld.jpg
Dag Hammarskjöld, a Swede that was the general secretery of
the UN during the crisis, his airplane was shot down over Congo,
and died. The fighter pilot (flying a Fouga Magister) was probably
a belgian mercenary.

http://hem.passagen.se/gunnar42/Kongo/
One of the Swedish Congo-soldiers homepage, some pictures.

[Imshi-Yallah]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3172386.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=8BB16617A6402CAE74D9D897669563E0
Swedish troops at Cairo airport waiting to be flown to Leopoldville on a USAF globemaster.
http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3200899.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B230E72F549FA69A2C8607AFC30A12BD
Swedish and Nigerian troops:
S "My thats a lovely hat"
N "Oh really its just a little somehting I threw on"
http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50358414.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=EBEF9528AFF8E133BC1BE3FCF0FBFD027757C85AE85A779B
Journos kissing dirt while the UN HQ gets bombed

[Dave the Dawg]

An article, with photos, on the Indian Air Force in the Congo:

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1960s/Congo.html