07/23/2002. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "Assigned to the 1st Air Base Squadron at Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, USA, ca 1940, this was the one and only YOA-5 purchased by the USAAC. Douglas delivered the aircraft to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, USA on February 24, 1935 and following tests and evaluation, it was assigned to the 1st Air Base Squadron in October 1935.

(Gordan Hubbard Collection)

Two world distance records for amphibians were set by this aircraft. The first was a nonstop flight of 1,033 mls (1,662 km) on December 12, 1935. The second was on June 29, 1936 when the aircraft flew nonstop from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, USA, a distance of 1,430 mls (2,301 km). The pilot on the second flight was Major General Frank M. Andrews, Commanding General, General Headquarters Air Force (GHQAF). General Andrews was killed in a crash of a B-24 Liberator in 1943; Andrews AFB, Maryland, USA is named in his honor."