Sedalia Dave Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Saw a pict of the AD-5 and what I noticed right off was the side by side cockpit. Never knew that variant existed. (I was aware of the tandem cockpit configuration.) A little research shows there were a total of 7 variants. Douglas Skyraider Variants 1 2 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 (edited) In don't care what variant you find, those birds were hell on the bad guys. I only saw them in 'Nam once, but even just flying overhead they are awesome (not a word I use often) and scary....and they are BIG. Edited March 8 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 3 Quote
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Unless I'm totally mistaken, a pilot on one of these in Vietnam was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for landing on a runway under heavy gunfire to rescue another downed pilot. Quote
Chantry Posted March 8 Posted March 8 4 hours ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: Unless I'm totally mistaken, a pilot on one of these in Vietnam was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for landing on a runway under heavy gunfire to rescue another downed pilot. Not mistaken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_F._Fisher 2 1 Quote
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