SKYRAIDER/Bu. 135300
Bureau #: 135300
Construction #: 9944
Civil Registration:
None
Construction #: 9944
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
AD-6 Skyraider
A-1H Skyraider
Name: None
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2019
AD-6 Skyraider
A-1H Skyraider
Name: None
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 135300.
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 135300.
- BOC: June 29, 1054.
- Assigned to VA-55, NAS Miramar, CA.
- Transferred to VA-115, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, 1956.
- Transferred to VA-145, Moffett Field, CA, 1962.
- Redesignated A-1H, September 1962.
- Transferred to VA-25, NAS Lemoore, 1964.
- Deployed on USS Midway for combat in Vietnam, March-November 1965.
- Transferred to VA-52, NAS Alameda, CA, July 1966.
- Deployed to Vietnam aboard the USS Ticonderoga, October 1966-April 1967.
- Arrived NAS Atsugi, Japan for VA-25, April 1967.
- Joined VA-25 aboard the USS Coral Sea for combat over Vietnam, September 1967.
- Last Navy Skyraider to fly an attack mission in South Vietnam, in support of Khe Sanh, February 20, 1969.
- Returned to NAS Lemoore, April 1968.
- The U.S. Navy held a retirement ceremony for the plane at NAS Lemoore. The next day it was ferried to the National Naval Aviation Museum by the pilot of the last combat mission, April 10, 1968.
Photo Source(s):
Glenn Chatfield
Timothy Cox Photography.
Research Assistance:
Glenn Chatfield
Glenn Chatfield
Timothy Cox Photography.
Research Assistance:
Glenn Chatfield
