Douglas A-1 Skyraider

AVAILABLE JUNE 2025

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s, which served during the Korean War and Vietnam War. The Skyraider had an unusually long career, remaining in frontline service well into the Jet Age, when most piston-engine attack or fighter aircraft were replaced by jets aircraft. The aircraft was nicknamed ‘Spad’, after the French World War I fighter, or ‘Able Dog’ after its original AD designation. The Skyraider was operated by the US Navy (USN), the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and the USAF, and also saw service with the Royal Navy, the French Air Force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF), and others, and remained in US service until the early 1970s. This book is designed for the modeller and enthusiast alike with historic details, walk arounds, colour profiles and how to model the Skyraider in popular scales.