Skyraider 134630 at NMUSAF?

[n5151ts]

[mustangdriver]

Please refer to the P-61 thread

[marine air]

I believe the big red rectangle area is the dive brake as seen on the single seat Spads. Another Douglass product, the A-4, has similar dive brakes.

[Ken]

Mustangdriver - are you still working in Nov? Any chance you could please look this bird up? And if possible, photograph a data plate?

Anything ever come of this?

[mustangdriver]

I never saw any sign of it, but I did not get into storage areas. Those areas are big enough to house a squadron of Skyraiders.

[hercules130]

I have a few shots I took of the Skyraiders while still boxed in the RIT area at AMARC, will be happy to share if anyone is interested.

MUSTANGDRIVER,

You got into the storage areas and you saw?

[mustangdriver]

I haven't been in most of the storage areas, just a few. There are a bunch of them, some over on the other end of the base. Most of what I saw was all parts, props, engines, and such, with a few planes in storage.

[Ken]

I have a few shots I took of the Skyraiders while still boxed in the RIT area at AMARC, will be happy to share if anyone is interested.

If they are different from those on the previous page of this thread - please share!

[Shay]

BuNo. 135247

Taken 1963 Atsugi Japan VA-115 "ARABS"




Umm,....are we sure that the A-1E's BuNo is 134630?? According to JB 134630 belongs to an AD-6 (A-1H) BuNo batch 134466 to 134637

So what's the real BuNo.????


Shay
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[Ken]

Interesting note - I looked in Mutza's book on Skyraiders and neither of these serials match any of his extensive lists of airplanes either flown on USN cruises, the USAF, or the VNAF.

That one reason I was hoping Chris would stumble on this bird and its dataplate. I think the E-model ended up with the Hill AFB Museum painted to represent Bernie Fisher's Medal of Honor tail.

Do we have anyone in Salt Lake to check a dataplate as well?

[Shay]

That dark green looks very similar to the what the North Vietnamese Air Force used on captured South Vietnamese AF Skyraiders. IIRC there a picture of a Spad in a Air Park in Vietnam in the same kinda green.

BuNo 135247 is group in with similar BuNo that were transferred to S.Vietnamese AF. Perhaps 135247 was also.

Maybe some of the rumors of Veitnam War aircraft surviving in country were true and a deal was brokered.

What do you all think??

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/Museums/VietnameseAirForce/American/index.html



Shay
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[gary1954]

I have a few shots I took of the Skyraiders while still boxed in the RIT area at AMARC, will be happy to share if anyone is interested.

MUSTANGDRIVER,

You got into the storage areas and you saw?

Uhhhh....Lets think about that for just a moment.....*slams Head onto Desk*........ Of course we would like for your to s h a r e them photos

[Ken]

What do you all think??

I'd bet money that the two airplanes in this thread were last seen in Bien Hoa in 1999. Whether there was a deal struck to return 'em or they were intercepted on an illegal cargo ship remains to be seen. The look of the prop hub with the missing blades is odd - I hope those aren't saw marks ....

Again, any WIXers in SLC able to get a closer look at the Hill Museum A-1E?

[Shay]

After cruising the internet and AMARC's website. It's possible that the Fat Face (AD-5/A-1E) may be BuNo 132415. AMARC lists a A-1E 52-0415 which crosses to AD-5 132415 manufactured in 1952.

132415 is listed as having been transferred to the S. Vietnamese Air Force. Previously having been assigned to the 1st SOS.

Paperwork mix up at AMARC? If this is the case I'm surprised the folks at Kill AFB didn't come across this during the restoration, The still list the aircraft as 52-0247.

http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCDB.asp?SessionId=184269397&Type=3&Include=3&SortOrder=1&Code=A001&Model=A001E


Shay
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[Ken]

bump some of this neat info