Navy Serial Number Search Results

132480 ... 132636 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas AD-5N Skyraider 
MSN 8875/9031. Four-seat night attack version.  Redesignated A-1G in 1962.
132482 to South Vietnam AF
132487 to South Vietnam AF
132503 to South Vietnam AF
132524 to South Vietnam AF
132525 crashed in Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside, CA 1960.
132528 to South Vietnam AF.  Escaped to U-Tapao, Thailand Apr 1975.
132529 (VAW-13) lost Jul 27, 1966.  4 crew survived.
132532 (VAW-13) at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
132540 (VAW-13) lost to ground fire Jun 2, 1965.  All 4 onboard killed.
132541 to USAF as 52-132541.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 6251st Tactical Fighter Wing crashed during takeoff
at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam Oct 16, 1965.  Both crew survived.
132542 to USAF as 52-132542.  With 602nd Special Operations Squadron 56th Special Operations Wing suffered gyro and
attitude indicators failure near Ban Ban, Houaphanh Province, Laos Oct 13, 1968.  Pilot became disoriented, bailed out.
Was never heard from again.  Remains returned Aug 4, 2005.
132543 (VAW-13) lost to instrument failure Sep 10, 1966.  4 crew survived.
132546 to USAF as 52-132546.  With 602nd Special Operations Squadron 56th Special Operations Wing suffered engine failure
and crashed on takeoff from  Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand Dec 1, 1969.  Pilot survived. 
132548 to USAF as 52-132548.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing shot down by
ground fire near Dan Phon, Xiangkhoang Province, Laos Jun 21, 1967.  Pilot KIA.
132559 to South Vietnam AF
132562 to USAF as 52-132562.  With 1131st Special Activity Squadron 6251st Tactical Fighter Wing crashed and
exploded 10 mi NE of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam Sep 5, 1965 while on training mission.  Both crew killed.
132569 to USAF as 52-132569.  With 602nd Air Commando Squadron 56th Air Commando Wing shot down by AAA near Ban
Loboy, Savannakhet Province, Laos Nov 11, 1967.  Pilot bailed out and was recovered by HH-3E Jolly Green
helicopter.
132575 with VAW-13
132576 to South Vietnam AF
132579 to USAF as 52-132579.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing  hit by ground fire near
Ban Phiaha, Attopeu Province, Laos Sep 5, 1967.  Pilot able to fly a few miles away from target and bailed out.  Pilot 
rescued by VNAF helicopter.
132582 to USAF as 52-132582.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 56th Air Commando Wing shot down by AAA near
Ban Thapachon, Khammouan Province, Laos Apr 26, 1968.  Pilot bailed out and was rescued by helicopter.
132587 to USAF as 52-132587.  With 602nd Air Commando Squadron 56th Air Commando Wing shot down by ground fire
over Phou Pha Thi, Houaphan Province, Laos Mar 13, 1968 while attacking a radar site that had been overrun
by enemy forces.  Pilot KIA.
132588 to USAF as 52-132588.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing suffered engine failure over
South Vietnam and collided with another unknown aircraft in midair Sep 8, 1966.  Pilot bailed out and was
rescued.  Pilot of other aircraft landed safely.
132593 to USAF as 52-132593.  With 602nd Air Commando Squadron 6251st Tactical Fighter Wing collided in midair
with A-1E 52-133880 while on close air support mission over Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam Oct 2, 1965.  Both
pilots killed.
132598 delivered to US Navy Oct 25, 1954 and saw flight operations at NAS El Segundo, CA with both Navy and
Marine squadrons.  After storage at Litchfield Park, Arizona, it was transferred to the Naval Weapons Center
at China Lake, CA.  Transferred to USAF at Memorial Air Park, Hurlburt Field, FL marked as USAF 52-132598.  
Also listed as stalling on takeoff and crashing at China Lake, CA Jul 1966. 
132600 to USAF as 52-132600.  With 602nd Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing shot down near 
Kagnontanh, Savannakhet Province, Laos while on administrative flight from Nha Trang, South Vietnam to
Udorn, Thailand Nov 16, 1966.  3 bailed out, 2 recovered by USAF HH-3E Jolly Green helicopter, but third
was captured by Pathet Lao troops and shot.
132601 to USAF as 52-132601. With 1st Air Command Squadron 34th Tactical Group damaged by own bomb blast and
crashed into ground Chau Doc, An Giag Province, South Vietnam Apr 18, 1965.  Pilot KIA.
132602 to South Vietnam AF
132605 to USAF as 52-132605.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing  shot down by ground fire
near Ap Thien, 50 Miles South of Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam Dec 14, 1966.  Pilot bailed out
and was rescued by US Army helicopter.
132612 to South Vietnam AF.  To USAF as 52-132612.  With 602nd Special Operations Squadron 56th Special Operations Wing 
hit by ground fire 70 Miles West of Sam Neua, Houaphan Province, Laos Jan 9, 1970.  Headed south but forced
to bail out near Muang Poi, Laos.  Pilot rescued by USAF HH-53C Super Jolly Green helicopter from 40th ARRS.
132618 (VAW-33) crashed into sea about 5 mi off stern of USS Forrestal Jun 12, 1964.
All three crew members rescued safely.
132620 to South Vietnam AF
132624 to USAF as 52-132624.  With 602nd Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing hit by AAA 13 mi NW of Dong Hoi,
Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam Sep 1, 1966.  Headed back to base at Udorn, Thailand and was almost there when
aircraft became uncontrollable and pilot was forced to bail out.  He was rescued.
132625 to USAF as 52-132625.  With 1131st Special Activity Squadron disappeared over Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Aug 2, 1965.  Plane and pilot never heard from again.
132628 to South Vietnam AF
132630 to South Vietnam AF
132633 to USAF as 52-132633.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing shot down by ground fire 
near Chanum, Sekong Province, Laos Nov 10, 1966.  Pilot KIA.
132634 to USAF as 52-132634.  With 1st Air Commando Squadron 14th Air Commando Wing destroyed on ground in VC mortar attack at
Pleiku AB, South Vietnam Apr 22, 1966.  
132635 to South Vietnam AF
132636 to South Vietnam AF