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602d Special Operations Squadron A-1H Spad, 1/33 Scale Model, Mahogany

$219.00

  • Length – 14 inches
  • Wingspan:  18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

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602d Special Operations Squadron A-1 Spad

Fly with the 602d Special Operations Squadron in this hand crafted A-1 model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love!

  • Length – 14 inches
  • Wingspan:  18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

The 602d Fighter Squadron (Commando) was activated in May 1964 for the Vietnam War, and along with the 1st Air Commando Squadron, was a part of the 34th Tactical Group. The squadron became operational at Bien Hoa Air Base on 15 October 1964. By 1966 the squadron had been renamed the 602d Air Commando Squadron and moved, first to Nha Trang Air Base in South Vietnam, and then to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. In March 1968 it moved again to Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base. On 1 August 1968 it was redesignated the 602d Special Operations Squadron, and was inactivated on 31 December 1970 at Nakhon Phanom. The original Squadron patch was drawn by Walt Disney in 1944. The sky was blue with a wisp of cloud behind the left wing of the eagle. No call sign was mounted above the patch.[citation needed]

The squadron operated A-1 Skyraiders under the call sign “Firefly”. Their daylight task was the primary one of combat search and rescue of air crew downed in the Kingdom of Laos. A secondary task was night operations as flareships supporting the Hmong guerrillas of General Vang Pao’s Clandestine Army in the Operation Barrel Roll area.[1] At times, the squadron flew single ship sorties; they would also sometimes mark their own targets for their air strikes.[2]

Constituted as the 2d Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 April 1944
Activated on 20 April 1944
Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron, Commando on 2 June 1944
Inactivated on 12 November 1945
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Reconstituted, redesignated 602d Fighter Squadron, Commando, and activated on 15 April 1963 (not organized)
Organized on 1 May 1963
Redesignated 602d Special Operations Squadron on 1 August 1968
Inactivated on 31 December 1970

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Weight 4 lbs
Dimensions 14 × 18 in

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