A6 INTRUDER FIGHTER PILOTS IN VIETNAM A6 INTRUDER LOADED WITH 1000 LB. BOMBS

ALMOST ALL MARINE PILOTS IN VIETNAM FLEW A TYPE OF A6 INTRUDER AIRCRAFT.
THESE PLANES WERE ABLE TO CARRY ALL KINDS OF MUNITIONS. THESE WERE USED IN ALL WEATHER COMBAT AND BOMBINGS AND WERE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. THE MARINE A6 INTRUDER COULD CARRY ANYTHING FROM BOMBS TO GUNS. THESE AIRSHIPS DID IT ALL.
THE TYPICAL DAILY ORDNANCE FOR ONE OF THESE WONDERFUL PLANES WAS EITHER 28 500 LB. BOMBS, 12 500 LB. BOMBS AND SIX 19 SHOT 2.75 FFAR (ROCKETS), 12 750 LB. BOMBS AND TWO 300 GALLON DROP TANKS, 12 500 LB. BOMBS AND 6 - 4 SHOT ZUNI ROCKETS (5 IN.) OR 5 2,000 LB. BOMBS.

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COLONEL HOWARD WOLF, USMC (INTERVIEW WITH DR. JOHN D. SHERWOOD)


LIEUTENANT DONALD BOECKER, USN