The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Spads for Sog Website
Photographs, mission logs, and rescue records trace the A-1 Skyraider pilots who flew close air support and rescue escort for MACV-SOG's covert cross-border operations in Laos. Highlights include a shark-mouthed "Spad" banking under a full bomb load, a handwritten account of a "Blind Bat" crewman who survived a 3,000-foot night fall, the 13 January 1970 sortie log recording his recovery, and a commemorative Prairie Fire SAR patch.
OLAA SAR Database Record: Rescue of Maj. Ron Boyle, F-100D, 10 December 1969
USAF A-1 Skyraider Squadron Group Portrait, Vietnam War Era (Duplicate/Alternate Scan)
OLAA A-1H 'Spads for SOG' Commemorative Patch Graphic
Douglas A-1 Skyraider "779" (Tail Code TT) in Flight, Armed for Strike Mission
Handwritten Verso Caption, 'Blind Bat 13' Photograph - Crew Roster and Survival Account
USAF A-1 Skyraider Squadron Group Portrait, Vietnam War Era
Air Force Times Article: "'Chute Fails to Open, But Captain Survives" (April 1, 1970)
SAR Database Record: 'Blind Bat 13-4' C-130 Incident, Laos, 12-13 January 1970
"Spads for SOG" Mission Log Table — 13 January 1970, A-1 Skyraider Sorties Including Blind Bat SAR Recovery
Portrait of USAF Pilot 'Bob Karre' in Blue Flight Suit, Squadron Club
Portrait of USAF A-1 Skyraider Pilot 'Chuck Kasbeer' in Survival Vest
A-1 Skyraider 'Shark Mouth' Starting Engine on Flight Line, Vietnam War Era
A-1 Skyraider in Flight at Sunset over Vietnamese Coastline (Photo by Don Engebretsen)
A-1 Skyraider Above the Clouds — "Flown West" Memorial Image
'Spads with a Load' — A-1 Skyraider in Flight with Ordnance, Shark-Mouth Nose Art, SOG Website Graphic (Photo: Gary Bain)
Wounded Hatchet Force Soldier Smiles After Combat, Operation Tailwind Era, Gene McCarley Collection
SOG Personnel Boarding Transport Aircraft, Vietnam War (Gene McCarley Collection)
CH-53 Helicopters Enroute to Operation Tailwind, 1970
SOG Reconnaissance Team Members Returning from Mission, Vietnam War
Group Portrait of Military and Recon Personnel at Forward Compound, Vietnam
Recon Team Member Assisted After Extraction, MACV-SOG Operations, Vietnam War
"Gunfighter Gazette" Front Page, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Da Nang Air Base, 10 January 1970
A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Tail Code 'FC', Website Header Image, Doc Blanchard Slide Collection
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Cockpit Instrument Panel Detail
Portrait of A-1 Skyraider Pilot Jax Roberts, Vietnam Era
USAF Medal Presentation Ceremony, Vietnam War Era
USAF A-1 Skyraider Pilots on Flight Line, Southeast Asia, Vietnam War (Jim Wold, Spads for SOG Collection)
Elderly Couple Seated on Stone Wall with Irish Setter, Rural Farm Setting
USAF Pilot Larry Cavender Beside A-1 Skyraider, Vietnam War Era
Portrait of USAF A-1 Skyraider Pilot Larry Warren, Vietnam War Era
Official U.S. Air Force Portrait of Officer Swanson, Command Pilot
Commemorative Unit Patch Graphic: A-1H 'Spads' — SOG / SAR / Prairie Fire Association Emblem
'OLAA SPADS' A-1H Unit Patch, MACV-SOG Prairie Fire Support Insignia
Portrait of Pilot Paul Houppert on the Flight Line, Vietnam War Era
Row of AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopters at a Forward Airstrip, Vietnam Era
A-1 Skyraider Pilot on the Flight Line, Tail Code 'TS,' Serial AF 37-628
A-1 Skyraider 'Shark Mouth' Nose Art During Engine Start, Vietnam War Era (SOG Support Aircraft)
SAR Incident Record: 'Playboy 16A/B(1),' TA-4F Rescue, Laos, 27-28 December 1969
'Prairie Fire: A Reunion of Brothers' Title Card, MACV-SOG Documentary/Reunion Graphic
SAR Database Record: F-100D 'Litter 15' Rescue of Ronald E. Boye, 10 December 1969
Screenshot: Google Search Results for 'How Tall Is Rosalynn Carter' (Non-Historical, Misfiled Item)
SAR Database Record: Misty 40 F-100F Shootdown and Rescue, 19 January 1970
Newspaper Clipping: "Skyraiders Clobber Enemy" — 56th Special Operations Wing A-1H Pilots, circa January 1970
SOG Reconnaissance Team Member Returning from Mission, Vietnam War
A-1 Skyraider and OV-10 Bronco FAC Aircraft in Flight Over Southeast Asia (Don Engebretsen Collection, 'Spads for SOG')
Website Background Graphic in Olive Green, 'Spads for SOG' Web Assets, Donald L. Engebretsen Collection
A-1 Skyraider in Flight Above Cloud Deck, Vietnam War Era
'SPADS for MACVSOG' Composite Banner Image, Vietnam War A-1 Skyraider Unit History
Title Card: 'Spads With A Load' — Audio Recording, Da Nang, April 1970
Website Screenshot – Thistle Canvas Print Preview (Non-Military Content)
A-1 Skyraider 'TC 665' in Flight with American Flag Nose Art, Vietnam War Era
