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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider

This Skyraider is owned by Eric and Tina Downing, founders of the Midwest Wild Relics Refuge. The AD-5W was an airborne early warning version of the Skyraider.

 

Douglas AD-5W Skyraider
The Skyraider was designed to replace the Douglas SBD dive-bomber. Its maiden flight on 18 March 1945. Too late for WWII, the Skyraider saw service in Korea and Vietnam.

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