That Time A Skyraider Trolled The Enemy With A Toilet Bomb

The A1 Skyraider is probably the most versatile plane of all time. It’s capable of doing reconnaissance, delivering nuclear warheads, and everything in between. It’s also the only plane that can hit an enemy plane with a kitchen sink.

Powerful Plane

The Skyraider entered service in 1946 well into the era of jet-propelled planes. It’s powered by R-3350 Duplex Cyclone engines that can crank out 3,700 hp. This massive engine was the same engine used by the B-29 Superfortress.

The Skyraider is so powerful that it can carry up to 17,000 pounds of bombs even though the plane only weighs 11,000 pounds. It’s also so versatile that it has over 30 variants, doing everything from low-level reconnaissance to close air support, electronic warfare, to even being capable of delivering nuclear warheads from a carrier.

The Super Spad

The aircraft went into service in 1946 and served until the 1980s. This is a combat plane running on a propeller in the 1980s, earning it nicknames such as “the Destroyer” and the “Super Spad.” It was an attack plane that flew low and slow close air support in the era of jets.

In Combat

During August 1952 during the Korean War, the “Kitchen Sink” was ratchet strapped into a thousand-pound bomb before dropping it in combat.

Fast forward to the Vietnam War, Skyraiders were credited with downing MiG-17s with their guns. They could take down more superior fighter planes with their machine guns in combat.

If this wasn’t ridiculous enough, in November 1965 to commemorate the 6 million pounds of ordinance dropped during the Vietnam War, the Skyraiders would rig up a specialty toilet to drop on the enemy.

You can’t make this up!