Douglas A-1 Skyraider

Douglas A-1H Skyraider of the US Navy in 1967.

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider is an attack aircraft designed and built in the United States. Its first flight was in 1945, but it was too late to be flown in World War II. Originally designed for the US Navy, it was also used by the US Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and French Air Force. It was used by US pilots in the Korean War and Vietnam War, and by the French in the Algeria War. Some were modified for reconnaissance or electronic warfare. Before 1962, the US Navy's A-1 were called AD.

Douglas A-1 Skyraider Media

A Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider prototype
A-1E Skyraider in RVNAF colors during an air show
AD-4 Skyraider taking off from USS Princeton during the Korean War
An A-1H of VA-115 in 1965.
A-1H "Paper Tiger II" carrying a joke bomb made from a toilet in October 1965
A-1H 52-139738 of the 1st SOS was the last USAF Skyraider lost on 28 September 1972.
An A-1H Skyraider of the VNAF 516th Fighter Squadron being loaded with napalm at Da Nang Air Base in 1967
Four Royal Navy Douglas Skyraider AEW.1s from D Flight 849 Naval Air Squadron, based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, in flight in the 1950s
A Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider. The XBT2D-1 made its first flight on 11 March 1945. The BT2D was redesignated AD in 1946 and A-1 in 1962. Note the original large spinner which was later deleted.
VC-35 AD-1Q in the late 1940s

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