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The Royal Navy received 50 AD-4Ws [1] which were given the designation Skyraider AEW.1 These were used from 1951 until 1962. Fleet Air Arm. 849 Naval Air Squadron; 778 Naval Air Squadron (RNAS Culdrose, aircrew training 1951-1952)
The Skyraider went through seven versions, starting with the AD-1, then AD-2 and AD-3 with various minor improvements, then the AD-4 with a more powerful R-3350-26WA engine. The AD-5 was significantly widened, allowing two crew to sit side-by-side (this was not the first multiple-crew variant, the AD-1Q being a two-seater and the AD-3N a three ...
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Wiley Coyote at the 2019 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Airworthy AD-1. 9257 – based at the Warbird Heritage Foundation in Waukegan, Illinois. [8] [9] AD-4. 123827 – based at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [10] [11] 126997 – privately owned in Houston, Texas. [12] AD-4N (A-1D)
The AD-5 Skyraider, redesignated the A-1 in 1962, saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars as an attack bomber, close air support plane and search-and-recovery aircraft, according to the ...
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A-1 Skyraider – Douglas (redesignated from Navy AD) A-1 Sky Warden – Air Tractor/L3Harris (conflicting designation, assigned after original A-1 was retired) [1] A-2 Savage – North American (redesignated from Navy AJ) A-3 Skywarrior – Douglas (redesignated from Navy A3D) A-4 Skyhawk – Douglas (redesignated from Navy A4D)
Downed USAF Douglas A-1E, pilot was later awarded the Medal of Honor A-1 Skyraider—191 total, 150 in combat . First loss: A-1E 52-132465 (1st Air Commando Squadron [ACS], 34th Tactical Group [TG]) shot down during night training mission on 29 August 1964 near Bien Hoa, SVN (Capt Richard Dean Goss KIA, one RVNAF observer [name unknown] KIA) [12]: 10
The squadron operated A-1 Skyraiders under the call sign "Firefly". Their daylight task was the primary one of combat search and rescue of air crew downed in the Kingdom of Laos. A secondary task was night operations as flareships supporting the Hmong guerrillas of General Vang Pao's Clandestine Army in the Operation Barrel Roll area. [1]