Douglas A-1 Skyraider facts for kids

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.

Images for kids

A Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider prototype
A-1E Skyraider in RVNAF colors during an Air show
A 1st SOS A-1E carrying a BLU-72/B, 1968
A 602nd SOS A-1H in June 1970
A-1E Skyraiders fly in formation over South Vietnam on way to target on 25 June 1965. The aircraft are assigned to the 34th Tactical Group, based at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam.
A-1H "Paper Tiger II" carrying the toilet bomb in October 1965
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
The XBT2D-1 in 1945
VC-33 AD-3Q, AD-4N, and AD-5N in 1955
VMA-331 AD-5 in flight
Line drawings for the AD-4 Skyraider.