US Navy AD-1 109257 Sincerely Sandy VA-112 USS Valley Forge

[Russell Underwood]

NX2AD
Hampton Roads Airport at Chesapeake, VA, 27 Aug00.

You have to wonder what 5 planes was this AD-1 lucky enough to get the jump
on?

[Russell Underwood]

Make that VA-115.....

[Pjmac35]

"Russell Underwood" > wrote in message
...
> NX2AD
> Hampton Roads Airport at Chesapeake, VA, 27 Aug00.
>
> You have to wonder what 5 planes was this AD-1 lucky enough to get
> the jump on?
>
>

PO-2s, perhaps

[Mike Henley]

"Russell Underwood" > wrote in message
...
> NX2AD
> Hampton Roads Airport at Chesapeake, VA, 27 Aug00.
>
> You have to wonder what 5 planes was this AD-1 lucky enough to get the
> jump on?

The markings are just window dressing.

1) I don't think any AD-1's were in combat. I think 09257 was first issued
to VF-54, and reassigned for use as a trainer aircraft.

2) VA-115 first had AD-2's, and then went to Korea with AD-4's.

3) As far as I can find, the AD aircraft only had 3 kills. A USMC AD-4 shot
down a PO-2 in Korea. In 1966 an A1-H (AD-6) from VA-25, and another one
from VA-176, each shot down a Mig-17 ( not in the same fight).

4) The owner of 09257 has named the aircraft "Sincerely Sandy". I don't ever
remember any of our AD's being called anything but Spad's and Skyraider's. I
think the Air Force is the only one who called the AD a Sandy.

[Jim Morris[_2_]]

">
> 4) The owner of 09257 has named the aircraft "Sincerely Sandy". I don't
> ever remember any of our AD's being called anything but Spad's and
> Skyraider's. I think the Air Force is the only one who called the AD a
> Sandy.

http://lfeldhaus.tripod.com/cmdrjackfeldhaususn/id14.html
http://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/warstor/degroatstory.htm


The Air Force flew Sandys. The Navy flew Skyraiders and Spads.

Watched 4 Sandys napalm a NVN village out of existence. Thank you very much
USAF.
Spent 71 days in that village as a guest of their hotel.

Jim Morris

[Joseph Testagrose]

Russ, the correct BU # is 09257. Joe.
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:38:28 -0400, "Russell Underwood"
> wrote:

>NX2AD
>Hampton Roads Airport at Chesapeake, VA, 27 Aug00.
>
>You have to wonder what 5 planes was this AD-1 lucky enough to get the jump
>on?
>