hink441 Posted January 17, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 17, 2015 Found this Kneeboard at the local gunshow today. It has a map from VietNam I believe. It also has a dated (1966) checklist for the O-1E/F aircraft. I think this is a FAC pilot's Kneeboard from VietNam. I hope someone can Id the areas on the map. The checklist is labeled as "2 A. D." O-1E/F checklist. What is "2 A. D." ? Here is a few pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted January 17, 2015 Here is a few pics of the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted January 17, 2015 Another map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted January 17, 2015 This is the interim checklist. I do not know what 2 A. D. means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted January 17, 2015 Here is the bailout procedures from the checklist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted January 18, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 18, 2015 2 A. D. 2nd Air Division, I would guess. Per wikipedia: The 2d Air Division was organized in Saigon in October 1962 under the authority of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Until the build-up of American forces in 1965, the 2d Air Division provided air support to the forces of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Originally, the unit consisted of propeller-driven aircraft, but the build-up in US forces saw the arrival of jet aircraft and, by the end of 1965, the US had deployed nearly 500 US combat aircraft in South Vietnam.[1] By the time the unit was transformed into the Seventh Air Force on 1 April 1966, it consisted of nearly 1,000 aircraft and approximately 30,000 personnel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2d_Air_Division It is not unusual for local units to develop their own operating procedures, especially if the Air Force standards were incomplete or did not cover situations being encountered in the local area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nguoi tien su Posted January 18, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 18, 2015 You should have the name of the area at the top of the map. Vietnam indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks for the info on the 2nd Air Division. That sounds like a match. The map itself is cut and pasted together and therefore does not have the header at the top of the map. The map is is labeled "Trung Phan" and "Tinh Binh Dinh" in a few places. I now believe this is the Tinh Binh Dinh province in what was South VietNam. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROC Posted January 18, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 18, 2015 Hi Chris, the road on the map is the QL 19 that drives from Qui Nhon to An Khe. Binh Khe is half way between An Khe and Phu Cat. Best, Croc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROC Posted January 18, 2015 Share #10 Posted January 18, 2015 The symbols on the map could be 1st Bn 26th Marines, this BLT operated in II CTZ during august 1966 when under Special Landing Force CTG 79.5 aboard USS Iwo Jima Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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