The Don Englebreston Collection
The Completed 'SPADS for MACVSOG' Banner and Skyraider Group Shirts at a Unit Display Table, Special Operations Association Reunion 2014
The completed 'SPADS for MACVSOG' banner hangs on the ballroom wall at the 2014 Special Operations Association Reunion, flanked by two orange flight suits carrying squadron patches, with a video monitor alongside. Members gather at the display tables in matching grey shirts whose backs are printed SKYRAIDER. 'Spad' was the affectionate nickname for the Douglas A-1, the piston-engine attack aircraft whose crews flew close air support for MACV-SOG cross-border reconnaissance teams and escorted rescue helicopters in the 'Sandy' role. The design working files behind this banner — crops, cut-outs, retouched variants and discards — survive elsewhere in the same collection. Project: 219862