29 Jun 1954: TOS USN as AD-6 and assigned to VA-55. 1956: VA-115, NAF Atsugi, Japan. 1959-1962: Unknown units. 1962: VA-145. 7/62: Redesignated A-1H. 1964 to 1967: VA-25, VA-52, VA-25 aboard USS Midway, USS Ticonderoga, USS Coral Sea for 219 combat missions over Vietnam. 20 Feb 1968: Last Navy Skyraider to fly an attack mission in South Vietnam - in support of Khe Sanh. 10 Apr 1968: Retirement ceremony at NAS Lemoore. The next day it was ferried to the NNAM by the pilot of the last combat mission.

Ca.1952: TOS USN as AD-5N. Unknown date:: Converted to AD-5Q, and assigned to Airborne VAW-13. July/62: Redesignated EA-1F. Unknown date: Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 1970: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6 Apr '71: SOC. 20 Jan '72: Ferry flight to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL. Marked as 135018

Ca.1952: TOS USN as AD-5N. Unknown date:: Converted to AD-5Q, and assigned to Airborne VAW-13. July/62: Redesignated EA-1F. Unknown date: Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 1970: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6 Apr '71: SOC. 20 Jan '72: Ferry flight to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL. Marked as 135018

Ca.1952: TOS USN as AD-5N. Unknown date:: Converted to AD-5Q, and assigned to Airborne VAW-13. 7/62: Redesignated EA-1F. Unknown date: Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 1970: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6 Apr '71: SOC. 20 Jan '72: Ferry flight to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL. Marked as 135018

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer

Preserved outside the McLean Laboratory, NAWS, China Lake, CA.

Keep smiling on short final for RWY 26. Lots of flying in perfect weather conditions for this unit temporarily deployed to NJK.