List of surviving Douglas A-1 Skyraiders

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Survivors[]

A-1E (AF Serial No. 52-132649) following combat damage in Vietnam in 1967, prior to restoration and preservation by the National Museum of the United States Air Force
A-1G at Hurlburt Field
Douglas Skyraider parked at airport ramp.
Thunder Over Michigan Air show, 2006.
A-1E (AD-5) at Reno Air Races, 2007.
A-1H on display at the Viet Nam Military History Museum in Ha Noi.

France[]

Airworthy
AD-4N
  • 124143 - Jean Baptiste Salis.[1] Damaged during a mid-air collision with P-51 Mustang "Big Beautiful Doll" at IWM Duxford's Flying Legends Airshow in July 2011. The P-51 was destroyed (pilot parachuted safely), and Skyraider 124143 suffered extensive damage to its right wing, but landed safely.[2]
  • 125716 - Didier Chable.[3]
AD-4NA
On display
AD-4NA

Sweden[]

On display
AD-4W
  • 127947 - Arlandasamlingarna, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.[6] Svensk Flygtjänst target tug, SE-EBB. Former Fleet Air Arm Skyraider AEW.1, WT949.[7]
  • 127960 - Svedinos Bil- och Flygmuseum, Ugglarp. Currently undergoing restoration but available to visitors. Target tug used by Svensk Flygtjänst, as SE-EBC. Decommissioned in 1974 and acquired by Svedinos the same year. Former Fleet Air Arm Skyraider AEW.1, WT962.[8]
In storage
AD-4W
  • 127945 - Owned by Flygvapenmuseum but on loan to Skyraider AB, Karlskoga, for restoration. Former Fleet Air Arm Skyraider AEW.1, WV185. Used by Svensk Flygtjänst as target tug 1963-1973, registration SE-EBI. Decommissioned in 1974 and acquired by Flygvapenmuseum the same year, though never put on display.[9]

Thailand[]

ex US Navy Bu142072 displays at Royal Thai Air Force Museum
On display
AD-7

United Kingdom[]

Airworthy
AD-4NA
  • 126922 - Kennet Aviation.[11]
In storage
AD-4W
  • 124086 (WV106) - in storage (incomplete) at the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm Museum ('Cobham Hall'), visible from outside.[12]
  • 124121 (WT141) - in storage at the Fleet Air Arm Museum's 'Cobham hall' [13]

United States[]

Douglas A-1 Skyraider Wiley Coyote at the 2019 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show
Airworthy
AD-1
AD-4
AD-4N (A-1D)
AD-4NA (A-1D)
  • 126882 - based at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas. The aircraft survived Hurricane Ike without damage as it was flown out before the storm.[22][23]
  • 126965 - based at the Heritage Flight Museum in Burlington, Washington. It has a Wright R-3350-26WA with 2,700 hp. While with the US Navy, it served aboard the USS Kearsarge with VA-115 in 1953, off the coast of Korea. The cease-fire was called before it saw combat action, however, the aircraft of VA-115 conducted DMZ patrols for the duration of the cruise. When it returned stateside it was stationed with FASRON 8 at NAS Alameda before transitioning to FAETULANT at NAS Norfolk, VA from November 1954 until August 1955.[24][25]
AD-4W
AD-5 (A-1E)
Douglas AD-5 Skyraider on display at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum
AD-5W (EA-1E)
AD-6 (A-1H)
On display
XBT2D-1 (AD-1)
AD-3
  • 122811 - Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[40]
AD-4N (A-1D)
AD-4NA (A-1D)
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider on display at the Air Zoo
AD-4W
  • 127922 - USS Midway (CV-41) at the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum, in San Diego, California.[46] According to the curators, the aircraft is actually an AD-4W that was modified to resemble an A-1 for museum display purposes. Former Fleet Air Arm Skyraider AEW.1, WT981, later Svensk Flygtjänst target tug, as SE-EBL. Decommissioned in 1976 and acquired by Flygvapenmuseum. Sold to David Talichet in 1983, as N5469Y, later donated to the National Warplane Museum. On display in San Diego since 2006.
AD-4B
AD-5 (A-1E)
AD-5N (A-1G)
AD-5W (EA-1E)
AD-5Q (EA-1F)
  • 132532 - National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida.[55]
  • 135018 - Pima Air and Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona. The aircraft is painted in the markings of VAW-33 as embarked with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) in 1967.[56]
AD-6 (A-1H)
  • 135300 - National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida. This aircraft is painted in the markings of Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25).[57]
  • 137602 - on a pylon near the near base headquarters and the base chapel at NAS Lemoore, California. This aircraft is also painted in the same markings as the NAS Pensacola museum aircraft, i.e., Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25) and a "false" BuNo of 135300.[58]
Under restoration or in storage
AD-4W
AD-6 (A-1H)

Vietnam[]

On display
A-1E
  • 132436 - Viet Nam Military History Museum in Ha Noi.[62]
A-1H

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ "AD-4N Skyraider/124143." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  2. ^ [1] BBC News. Retrieved: 12 July 2011.
  3. ^ "AD-4N Skyraider/125716." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  4. ^ "AD-4NA Skyraider/127002." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  5. ^ "AD-4NA Skyraider/126979." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  6. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/127947." SE-EBB. DOUGLAS SKYRAIDER AD-4 W. Retrieved: 21 May 2013.
  7. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/127947." Svenskt Flyghistoriskt Forum: SE-EBB, Douglas AD-4W Skyraider. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  8. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/127960." Svenskt Flyghistoriskt Forum: SE-EBC, Douglas AD-4W Skyraider. Retrieved: 21 May 2013.
  9. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/127945." Svenskt Flyghistoriskt Forum: SE-EBI, Douglas AD-4W Skyraider. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  10. ^ "AD-7 Skyraider/142072." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  11. ^ "AD-4NA Skyraider/126922." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  12. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/124086." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  13. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/124121." Fleet Air Arm Museum Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  14. ^ "FAA Registry: N2AD." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  15. ^ "AD-1 Skyraider/9257." Warbird Heritage Foundation. Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  16. ^ "FAA Registry: N23827." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  17. ^ "AD-4 Skyraider/123827." Military Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 16 March 2020.
  18. ^ "FAA Registry: N409Z." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  19. ^ "FAA Registry: N91935." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  20. ^ "FAA Registry: N959AD." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  21. ^ "AD-4N Skyraider/126956." U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved: 15 May 2012.
  22. ^ "FAA Registry: N91945." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  23. ^ "A-1D Skyraider/126882." Marine Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  24. ^ "FAA Registry: N965AD." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  25. ^ "A-1D Skyraider/126965." Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved: 15 January 2018.
  26. ^ "FAA Registry: N4277N." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  27. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/126867." Erickson Aircraft Collection. Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  28. ^ "FAA Registry: N39147." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  29. ^ "A-1E Skyraider/132683." Douglas AD-5 Skyraider. Retrieved: 14 July 2021.
  30. ^ "FAA Registry: N65164." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  31. ^ "EA-1E Skyraider/135152." Cavanaugh Flight Museum. Retrieved: 3 July 2014.
  32. ^ "FAA Registry: N62466." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  33. ^ "FAA Registry: N188RH." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  34. ^ "EA-1E Skyraider/135188." Collings Foundation Retrieved: 15 January 2018.
  35. ^ "FAA Registry: N39606." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  36. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/139606." Cavanaugh Flight Museum. Retrieved: 25 October 2018.
  37. ^ "FAA Registry: N665TC." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  38. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/139665." Tennessee Air Museum. Retrieved: 20 January 2018.
  39. ^ "XBT2D-1 Dauntless II/9102." Aircraft Collection. Retrieved: 14 July 2021.
  40. ^ "AD-3 Skyraider/122811." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  41. ^ "AD-4N Skyraider/127007." Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. Retrieved: 24 April 2012.
  42. ^ "A-1D Skyraider/125739." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  43. ^ "A-1D Skyraider/126924." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  44. ^ "FAA Registry: N2692." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021
  45. ^ "A-1D Skyraider/127888." Air Zoo Retrieved: 3 July 2014
  46. ^ "AD-4W Skyraider/127922." San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum. Retrieved: 24 April 2012.
  47. ^ "AD-4B Skyraider/132261." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  48. ^ "A-1E Skyraider/132463." Aerospace Museum of California. Retrieved: 16 March 2020.
  49. ^ "Douglas A-1E Skyraider" National Museum of the US Air Force. Retrieved: 24 August 2015.
  50. ^ "A-1E Skyraider/52-0247." Hill Aerospace Museum. Retrieved: 17 January 2018.
  51. ^ "A-1G Skyraider/132534." Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. Retrieved: 14 May 2012.
  52. ^ "A-1G Skyraider/132598." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  53. ^ "EA-1E Skyraider/132443." Historic Aviation Memorial Museum. Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  54. ^ "EA-1E Skyraider/132789." March Field Air Museum. Retrieved: 16 March 2020.
  55. ^ "EA-1F Skyraider/132532." National Naval Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  56. ^ "EA-1F Skyraider/135018." Pima Air and Space Museum. Retrieved: 24 March 2011.
  57. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/135300." National Museum of Naval Aviation. Retrieved: 24 April 2012.
  58. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/137602." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 22 August 2014.
  59. ^ "FAA Registry: N4277P." FAA.gov Retrieved: 19 July 2021.
  60. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/134600." National Museum of the USAF. Retrieved: 15 January 2018.
  61. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/135332." National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved: 14 May 2012.
  62. ^ "A-1E Skyraider/132436." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  63. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/134636." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  64. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/139674." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
  65. ^ "A-1H Skyraider/139723." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 11 March 2015.
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