Vietnam Era USN Weapons

[Aviacom]

Hi,

Ive a number of Vietnam era USN aircraft in line to start ‘imminently’, A-1H, A-4F, A-6, Etc.

 

Im looking to start the Trumpeter A-1H tomorrow, hopefully, and have a few questions;

 

Are there any interesting load outs for the A-1H that included the Mk 77 Napalm Bomb?

Any interesting or different load outs full stop?

 

Did the USN ever use RBF Tags on the aircraft or weapons?

 

Apologies for all the questions. Where is a good source for finding this kind of info please?

Cheers

 

[John1]

I can't find the website but there is one out there that has copies of many (all?) "cruise books" going back to the Vietnam era.   These are a treasure trove of great pictures, I think they will answer just about all of your questions.  With regard to napalm, not 100% but I think it wasn't used onboard carriers due to the obvious fire hazard.  

 

Good luck. 

[Finn]

Here is one with a full load of napalm:

 

 

A list of what, and how many, stores could be carried by the A-1H can be found here:

 

http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/A-1H_and_J_Skyraider_SAC_-_1_July_1967.pdf

 

scroll down a bit.

 

Jari

[JeepsGunsTanks]

The cruise book site is this one. 

 

https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html

 

It's a great resource, I've spent hours reading through cruise books.  

Edited October 21, 2020 by JeepsGunsTanks

[Breaker]

For me the USN A-1's had fairly boring loadouts compared to the USAF ones. The Sandy USAF A-1s where very varied on their loadouts. 

[Confusionreigns178]

I'm sure that folks on here are familiar with is, but just in case....

 

There's the US Navy Spad which actually carried a brand-new, white toilet on a mission. I believe that Trumpeter have provided this item on some of their A-1 weapon sprues.

 

From what I've read, this situation was a way of proving the Skyraider could carry ANYTHING under its wings. 

 

Chris.