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    Airframe Family: Douglas BT2D/AD/A-1 Skyraider
    Latest Model:AD-4B Skyraider
    Last Military Serial:132261 USMC
    Construction Number:8369
    Compressed ID:Douglas AD-4B sn 132261 USMC cn 836...
    Latest Owner or Location:USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AD-4B by Douglas at El Segundo, California, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 132261.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 132261.

    Transferred to VMA-121, USMC.

    Markings Applied: 11, A

    To Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, Triangle, VA.
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    18 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By May 2000

    To USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, NV.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 500, VA-152, USS Oriskany, AH

    March 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    9 October 2012


    Photographer: Bert Voskuil

    9 October 2012


    Photographer: Bert Voskuil
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
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     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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