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I just put together a small pictorial involving the Skyraiders operated by the Gabonese Air Force in the mid 70's

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As i recall, the Vietnam Veterans museum in Australia is planning to import of one these Gabon airframes ... all going well.

Then ya better run some pix of the Chad Spads Dad-

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Inspector, If someone submits some pictures I will gladly put together a pictorial.

BTW, added nearly a dozen new pictures to the article.

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Big interest in Skyraiders here. thanks for some history I was not aware of.

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Anyone have an idea why the crash landed bird has it's wings folded?

You should know: as I recall, you were the one who broke the news on every forum under the sun!

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Probably to access the 20 mm cannon and its ammo.
There is an onboard elect hyd pump and based on how it sits they folded the wings where it sat.
I worked on both Dick Bertea's and Naked Fanny while at Chino. Neat to see some of their history told.
I forgot which one but there was evidence of a breech explosion in the wing fold area on the L/H side on one of them. Shell ejector chute was deformed and hammered back along with shrapnel marks on the rib you see with the wings folded.

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I knew someone would know.