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| Keywords: AD-6 Skyraider.jpg U S Navy Douglas AD-6 Skyraider aircraft BuNo 139731 139751 139753 139783 from Attack Squadron VA-42 Green Pawns in flight VA-42 was assigned to Air Task Group 181 ATG-181 from 1955 to 1957 <br> The A-1H AD-6 139731 was later lost while in service with VA-152 Carrier Air Wing 16 CVW-16 USS Oriskany CVA-34 on 14 October 1966 The aircraft was flown by Ens Thomas on a night road reconnaissance mission 40 km southwest of Thanh Hoa North Vietnam When his section spotted trucks on a road Thomas dove to attack the target with rockets However he failed to pull out of the dive and was killed when his aircraft struck the ground http //en wikipedia org/wiki/File AD-6_Skyraider jpg 1955-10 LCdr Joe Rao USN Ret PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-6 A-1H Skyraider Attack Squadron 42 United States Navy | ||||
