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    Airframe Family: Douglas BT2D/AD/A-1 Skyraider
    Latest Model:NA-1G Skyraider
    Last Military Serial:132598 USN
    Construction Number:8993
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

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

    25 October 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 132598.

    Circa November 1954

    Transferred to NAS El Segundo, CA.
    Operated with both Navy and Marine Squadrons.

    From 1957 to 1959

    Transferred to Air Development Squadron 5 (VX-5), NAF China Lake, CA.
    Operated with markings: XE-21

    1961

    Transferred to Naval Air Reserve Training Unit, NAS Seattle, WA.

    1962

    Redesignated as A-1G.

    Assigned to NAS Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South Vietnam Air Force with s/n 132598.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-0598.

    Transferred to 602nd Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 132598.

    From By January 1966 to After October 1970

    Transferred to Naval Weapons Center, NAS China Lake, CA.
    Operated with markings: CHINA LAKE, 32598

    By January 1966

    Redesignated as NA-1G.

    July 1966

    Crashed.
    Stalled on take-off at China Lake, CA.

    Circa November 1970

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Circa November 1970

    Loaned to Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
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    Circa November 1970

    Markings Applied: USAF, Hurlburt Field 4407th CCTS, 32598

    By September 2003

    Markings Applied: TC, AF 52-598
    Painted in Vietnam War camouflage.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    Markings Applied: TC, 132598
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     China Lake Alumni
    China Lake Alumni
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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