The Douglas A-1 Skyraider, formerly designated AD, was a single-seat attack aircraft designed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It began as a World War II carrier dive and torpedo bomber ordered by the Navy in July 1944, flew as the XBT2D-1 prototype on 18 March 1945 and entered service in 1946, with production running to 1957. Its long career carried a piston-engined design well into the jet age, mainly as a close air support aircraft in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and it also served with the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Royal Navy, the French Air Force and the South Vietnamese air force. It remained in United States service until the early 1970s.
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designed and produced by American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
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the XBT2D-1 prototype performed its maiden flight on 18 March 1945
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single-seat attack aircraft
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powered by a single Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone 18-cylinder radial engine
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It remained in US service until the early 1970s
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designed and produced by American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
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