The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: SOAR Banner Pic Files ATTEMPT 1
Working scans and processed source images gathered for a Special Operations Association Reunion banner, spanning battle damage, armed and loaded A-1 Skyraiders, a hose-down mission celebration, a MACV-SOG ladder extraction, and the OLAA mascot hog. The set also includes cockpit and crew portraits, a munitions trailer photo, and a hand-painted "56 SOW SPADS" emblem, all documenting Skyraider support of MACV-SOG reconnaissance and rescue missions.
Two A-1 Skyraiders, Tail Codes TT 555 and TT 076, in Echelon over a River in Southeast Asia (Banner Working Still)
Douglas A-1 Skyraider with Shark-Mouth Nose Art Banking in a Fully Loaded Configuration, Underside View (Banner Working Scan)
Aircrew in a SPAD House Squadron Bar Beneath a Hand-Lettered House Rules Poster, Southeast Asia (Faded Slide, Second Processing Attempt)
Flightline Hose-Down Celebration for a Milestone Mission, Southeast Asia (Small Low-Resolution Banner Proxy)
Camouflage-Clad Airman Working at the Loaded Wing Pylons of an A-1 Skyraider (Small Black-and-White Banner Working File)
Pilot in the Open Cockpit of an A-1 Skyraider Stencilled Pilot LT.COL. JOHNSON R.S. (Faded Slide, Second Processing Attempt)
Pilot in the Cockpit of A-1 Skyraider Stencilled Pilot LT.COL. JOHNSON R.S. - Uncorrected Base Working Scan
MACV-SOG Ladder Extraction from Triple-Canopy Jungle by UH-1 Helicopter (Low-Resolution Web-Sourced Banner Candidate)
OLAA Mascot Hog in a Lettered Blanket with Overlaid 56th SOW / Operating Location Alpha Alpha Titling (Banner Element)
Search-and-Rescue Lead Aircraft Silhouetted Above a Cloud Deck at Twilight (Photoshop-Processed Second Attempt)
Search-and-Rescue Lead Aircraft Above a Twilight Cloud Deck - Smaller Processed Working Version
Painted 56 SOW SPADS Unit Emblem on a Red Surface - Cropped Banner Graphic Element
Four Servicemen in a Barracks Hooch with Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck and Stereo, Southeast Asia (Second Processing Attempt)
Airman in Flight Suit Seated on a Large Aerial Bomb on a 56 S.O.W. Munitions Trailer, Southeast Asia (Second Processing Attempt)
