The Don Englebreston Collection
Gene Deatrick's Last Flight — Test Flight of Rebuilt A-1 Skyraider #649, Pleiku Air Base (Clean Final Version, USAF Photo 99805)
Colonel Gene Deatrick, all smiles in the cockpit of A-1 Skyraider #649, marks his final flight in Vietnam with a 40-minute test hop at Pleiku Air Base following the aircraft's rebuild. Stenciled crew names on the fuselage credit the maintenance team that kept the Skyraider combat-ready. Project: 219959