The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Gary Hawes Final
Air-to-air photographs of armed A-1 Skyraiders in flight over Vietnam, including tail-coded "C-02" banking with rockets and bombs beneath its wings and a hand-labeled November 1970 view of A-1H Skyraiders en route to a combat mission. Rounding out the set is a candid officers' club portrait of Col. Walseh, commander of the 56th Special Operations Wing at Nakhon Phanom, the unit that directed the Air Commando squadrons flying these rugged, propeller-driven "Spads" on close air support and rescue escort.
USAF Pilot Gary Hawes Beside His A-1 Skyraider, Vietnam War Era
Airman at Desk in Squadron Administration Office, Vietnam War Era
Off-Duty Card Game Among Airmen, Likely Nakhon Phanom (OLAA)
USAF Personnel Socializing at Base Club, Vietnam War Era
Airman Raising a Novelty Object Overhead in Squadron Club Bar
USAF Aircrew Gathered on Flight Line Ramp with Ordnance Cart, Vietnam War Era
Aircrew Officers Relaxing at Squadron Bar, Southeast Asia, Vietnam War Era
Informal Group Photo, Wood-Paneled Barracks Room, Vietnam-Era (Gary Hawes Collection)
Pilots Sitting Alert in the Operations Shack, OLAA A-1 Skyraider Detachment, Da Nang, ca. 1970
Squadron Officers' Lounge Gathering (duplicate print)
Douglas A-1 Skyraider 'C-02' in Air-to-Air Formation Flight, Vietnam War Era
A-1 Skyraiders in Combat Formation Over Vietnam, Heavily Armed for Ground Attack (Gary Hawes/OLAA Collection)
A-1 Skyraider Formation, Tail Number 702, Over South Vietnam
A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Over Southeast Asia, In-Flight Photograph
A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Above Cloud Cover, Vietnam War Era
A-1 Skyraiders in Formation Over Vietnam, Air-to-Air View from Cockpit
Douglas A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Armed with Underwing Ordnance
A-1 Skyraider in Flight, Armed with Underwing Ordnance — Air-to-Air View (Gary Hawes Collection)
Group Portrait of Air Force/Special Operations Personnel with Twin-Engine Attack Aircraft, Southeast Asia, Vietnam War Era (Gary Hawes Collection, 'OL AA')
Sgt. Carlos Marina at the Spad Administration Desk, Vietnam War
SPAD Munitions Troops Playing Cards, Da Nang Air Base, November 1970
"Spad Party" Social Gathering, November 1970 — Handwritten Caption with Named Attendees
Lt. Larry Warren at the Danang Officers' Open Mess (DOOM Club), November 1970 -- Gary Hawes Collection
SPAD Party, Danang Officers' Club - LTC Adams, LTC Swanson, MAJ Donaldson, November 1970 (duplicate print)
A-1 Skyraider Pilots at Da Nang Air Base — Mel Swanson and Bob Donaldson, November 1970
SPAD Squadron Operations Room - Levi Rentz, Chris Tateishi, SGT Dieter, Rapske, November 1970
Colonel Walseh, Commander 56th Special Operations Wing (56 SOW/CC), Informal Gathering
A-1 Skyraider Escort Photographed from HH-53 Jolly Green Giant Rescue Helicopter, November 1970 (Gary Hawes Collection)
A-1 Skyraider Formation with Ordnance Load, Gary Hawes Collection, Nov 1970
"A-1H Skyraiders — Over Vietnam, Nov 1970" (Gary Hawes Collection, Labeled Slide Print)
A-1 Skyraiders in Formation over Saigon/Mekong River, South Vietnam — 'I'm Flying A/C #597' (Gary Hawes OLAA Collection)
