Keywords: AD-4NAs VA-216 in flight 1956.JPG Three U S Navy Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider planes BuNo 125744 125750 126996 and one AD-4B 132244 of Attack Squadron VA-216 Black Diamonds in flight VA-216 was assigned to Air Task Group 4 ATG-4 aboard thre aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CVA-10 for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 19 March to 13 September 1956 <br> The AD-4NA 125744 and 126996 were later sold to France http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16002264 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 2989<br> also U S Navy file from the U S Naval History and Heritage Command publication Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1 The History of VA VAH VAK VAL VAP and VFA Squadrons http //www history navy mil/branches/dictvol1 htm Chapter 2 Attack Squadron Histories for VA-210 to VA-873 http //www history navy mil/download/va210873 pdf 1956-07 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-4 Skyraider Attack Squadron 216 United States Navy |