Final product photos HA1426 A-4E Skyhawk VMA-211

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1426 Douglas A-4E Skyhawk BuNo. 151147/CF 20 VMA-211, Chi Lai, 1968.

In September 1964 A-4E Bu.No. 151147 was delivered to the USN VA-43. It soon was transferred to VA-66 Waldos where it received the distinctive dorsal hump. In 1968 151147 transferred to VMA-211 Wake Island Avengers and stationed in Chu Lai where Marines had arrived in 1965. 

Home base for VMA-211 normally was Japan but between October 1965 and January 1973 they completed four tours in SEA. In 1968 in Chu Lai the aircraft was named “Apocalypse III” and flown by 1st Lt. Robert Rivers who later won a Silver Star.