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    Airframe Family: Douglas BT2D/AD/A-1 Skyraider
    Latest Model:A-1E Skyraider
    Last Military Serial:132463 USN
    Construction Number:9480
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-1E sn 132463 USN cn 9480
    Latest Owner or Location:Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AD-5 by Douglas at El Segundo, California, USA.

    28 February 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 132463.

    30 March 1954

    Transferred to VMA-331, Miami.

    22 November 1955

    Transferred to O and R Quonset Point.

    10 April 1956

    Transferred to VMA-331, Miami/USS Forrestal.

    8 April 1958

    Transferred to O and R Quonset Point.

    23 March 1959

    Transferred to Fasron 5, Norfolk.

    21 April 1959

    Transferred to NAF Naples.

    9 August 1960

    Transferred to USS Forrestal.

    8 September 1960

    Transferred to O and R Quonset Point.

    30 January 1961

    Transferred to VA-176, USS Shangri-La.

    10 February 1961

    Transferred to NAF Naples.

    18 March 1961

    Transferred to VA-176, USS Shangri-La.

    4 May 1961

    Transferred to NAF Naples.

    25 May 1961

    Transferred to U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

    29 July 1961

    Transferred to NAF Naples.

    7 September 1961

    Transferred to VA-65 USS Intrepid/Enterprise.

    2 November 1962

    Transferred to O and R Quonset Point.

    30 November 1962

    Redesignated as A-1E.

    20 July 1963

    Struck off Strength/Charge.
    Total time on the airframe was 2,922 hours.

    From 1974 to By 1974

    To Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
    View the Location Dossier

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 29 October 1985

    Placed on display with Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    4 October 1989


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1989 photo at McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California

    Painted in the markings of the 1st Special Operations Squadron of the 14th Special Operations Wing.

    Restored.
    The work was carried out by museum staff. It was finished in the markings of the 1st Special Operations Squadron, 14th Special Operations Wing.

    11 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    31 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Aerospace Museum of California, Sacramento, CA.

    30 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at McClellan, CA, U.S.A
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerospace Museum of California
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Sid Nanson
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