Main article: Douglas A-26 Invader
A-26C 44-35918 marked as A-26B 44-34287 "Versatile Lady" USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB
The A-26 Invader (B-26 between 1948–1965) was a twin-engined light attack bomber, built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II, that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts.
On display[]
A-26C 44-35892 at Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
These complete examples of A-26 Invader have been preserved or restored, and are on display at museums or at military bases, or are active aircraft potentially viewable at air events.
Status Codes:
- D = Display
- A = Airworthy
- S = Stored
- R = Under restoration
| Designation | USAAF Serial | Displayed Identity | Status | Current location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-26B | 41-39161 | 436874 | R | Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia. N26RP[1][2][3] |
| A-26B "JD-1" | 41-39215 | 446928 | R | National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, Florida[3] |
| A-26B | 41-39221 | N26GT | S | South Mountain High School, Phoenix, Arizona. (On Mark Marksman)[4] |
| A-26B | 41-39223 | R | Ailes Anciennes, Toulouse, France[5] | |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 41-39230 | 139230 | DA | Commemorative Air Force, Enid, Oklahoma. N9682C, Named "Lady Liberty"[3] |
| A-26B | 41-39288 | 5159 (FAB) | D | Museu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[6] |
| A-26B | 41-39303 | 434324 | DR | Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California. Named "City Of Santa Rosa"[3] |
| A-26C | 41-39327 | 863 (FACh) | D | Cerro Moreno AB, Antofagasta, Chile[7] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 41-39359 | 39359 | S | Marine Aviation Museum, Wilmington, Delaware. N26BP[8] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 41-39401 | DR | Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida. N39401[3] | |
| A-26B | 41-39427 | 437140 | A | Commemorative Air Force, Meacham Field, Texas. N240P[3] |
| A-26B | 41-39472 | 435648 | D | Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (former Castle AFB), Atwater, California. Named "Lil Sal"[3] |
| A-26B | 41-39516 | D | Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Horseheads, Elmira, New York[3] | |
| A-26B | 41-39537 | 840 (FACh) | D | Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile, Cerrillos, Chile[9][10] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 43-22258 | 434220 | D | Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, North Dakota[3] |
| A-26B | 43-22357 | CF-BMS | D | British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. (Civil air tanker configuration)[3] |
| A-26B | 43-22444 | 434156 | D? | Vance AFB, Enid, Oklahoma[11][12] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 43-22494 | 322494 | D | Pima Air & Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB), Tucson, Arizona[4][13] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 43-22499 | DR | New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Named "Reida Rae"[3] | |
| A-26C | 43-22602 | N9990Z | DR | MAPS Air Museum, Canton, Ohio.[14] |
| A-26C "B-26K" | 43-22652 | 43652 | D | Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum, Travis AFB, Fairfield, California[15] |
| A-26C | 43-22653 | (C-GPTW) | S | Bankstown Airport, Sydney, Australia[8] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 43-22679 | 612 | D | Royal Saudi Air Force Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[16] |
| A-26B | 44-34104 | N99420 | A | 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, New York |
| A-26B | 44-34134 | 5176 (FAB) | D? | Museu de Armas e Veículos e Avioes Motorizados Antigos, Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brazil[11] |
| A-26B | 44-34165 | S | Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, California[3] | |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 44-34313 | 434313 | A | Black Crow Aviation, California. N4313, Named "Miss Michelle"[2][3] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 44-34423 | 434423 | D? | Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum, Spokane Valley, Washington[3] |
| A-26B | 44-34508 | R | Jack Bazler, Santa Rosa, California. N74874[4] | |
| A-26B | 44-34520 | 434520 | A | Lauridsen Collection, Glendale, Arizona. N126HP, Named "Lu Lu"[3] |
| A-26B | 44-34535 | 937 | S | Museo del Aire, San Antonio de los Baños Air Base, Cuba[17] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 44-34538 | 434538 | A | Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana, California. N34538, Named "Feeding Frenzy"[3] |
| A-26B | 44-34559 | 0-34559 | D | Mississippi Air National Guard - 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson ANGB, Jackson, Mississippi[4] |
| A-26B | 44-34602 | 434602 | A | Nordic Warbirds, Västerås, Sweden. N167B, named "Sugarland Express". |
| A-26B | 44-34610 | R | National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia[3] | |
| A-26B | 44-34665 | 434665 | D | Strategic Air and Space Museum (adjacent to Offutt AFB), Ashland, Nebraska[3] |
| A-26B | 44-34722 | 4434722 | DA | Jack Erickson / Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, Oregon. N3222T[3] |
| A-26B | 44-34741 | 848 (FACh) | D | Plaza de la Cultura Pablo Neruda, Mejillones, Chile[18] |
| A-26B | 44-34746 | D | VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 382, El Reno, Oklahoma. Named "Sonny"[4] | |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 44-34749 | 434749 | A | Abrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc, Avra Valley, Arizona. N4959K, Named "Puss & Boots"[4] |
| A-26B | 44-34759 | D | Iranian Aerospace Exhibition Centre, Mehrabad, Iran[4] | |
| A-26B | 44-34765 | 434765 | D | Musée Royal de l'Armée, Brussels, Belgium. Named "Mission Completed"[4] |
| A-26B | 44-34766 | N26BK | A | H.B. Keck / Thermco Aviation, Thermal, California[2] |
| A-26B | 44-34769 | 434769 | D | Sea Link Aviation, Tanagra Air Base, Greece. N500MR[4] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 44-34773 | 435740 | D | Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, Paris, France[19] |
| A-26B | 44-34778 | RCAF 098 | A | Air Ross (1980) Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. C-GWLT[4] |
| A-26C | 44-35204 | 435204 | D | Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35224 | 435224 | D | March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California. Named "Midnight Endeavour"[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35323 | 435323 | DA | Planes of Fame Grand Canyon, Valle, Arizona. N8026E, Named "Ahaulin"[3][20][21] |
| A-26C | 44-35326 | 435326 | S | Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, Indiana.[citation needed] |
| A-26C | 44-35371 | 435371 | A | Marine Aviation Museum, Houston, Texas. N4818E[2] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35439 | 435439 | DA | Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon N74833, Named "Margie".[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35440 | 931 | D | Wings Over Miami, Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, Florida[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35444 | 844 | D | ROC Air Force Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[22] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35456 | A | Wade Eagleton, Shafter, California. N5625S[2] | |
| A-26C | 44-35493 | N576JB | D | War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35504 | D | Châteaudun Air Base, France[4] | |
| A-26C | 44-35505 | S | War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico. N4815E[2] | |
| A-26C | 44-35508 | 2504 (FAC) | D | Apiay AFB, Villavicencio, Colombia[12] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35523 | 435523 | R | Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35562 | NL7079G | A | Alien Invaders Inc, Medina, Washington. Named "Sexy Sue"[2] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35586 | 5156 (FAB) | D | Augusto Severo AB, Natal, Brazil[4] |
| A-26C | 44-35596 | D? | Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii[3] | |
| A-26C | 44-35601 | 435601 | DA | Commemorative Air Force, Mesa, Arizona. N202R, Named "Miss Murphy"[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35617 | 435617 | D | Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah. Named "Grim Reaper"[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35620 | 404 (FAG) | D | Technical School, La Aurora, Guatemala[23] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35627 | D | Dodge City Airport, Dodge City, Kansas[4] | |
| A-26C | 44-35643 | R | Commemorative Air Force, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. N626SH, Named "Lil Twister"[3] | |
| A-26C | 44-35696 | 4-35696 | DR | Collings Foundation / Aviation Museum of Texas, Uvalde, Texas. N8036E, Named "My Mary Lou"[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35708 | 435708 | A | Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon. N26PJ[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35710 | 435710 | DA | Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas. N7705C, Named "Hard To Get"[2] |
| A-26C "JD-1" | 44-35721 | 435721 | DA | Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California. N9425Z, Named "Invader"[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35724 | 434517 | D? | Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama. Named "Monie"[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35732? | 435732 | D | Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35733 | 435733 | D | National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Named "Dream Girl"[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35752 | 435752 | DR | Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina. N81797, Named "Rude Invader".[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35778 | 2519 (FAC) | D | Museo Aeroespacial Colombiana, Eldorado Air Base, Bogotá, Colombia.[12] |
| A-26C | 44-35788 | N126HK | A | A-26 Company Inc, Van Nuys, California[2] |
| A-26C | 44-35859 | R | Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux-Merignac Air Base, France[24] | |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35892 | 4435892 | D | Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, Colorado[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35898 | VH-VNI | A | R W McFarlane / Aviation Investments Pty, Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia[18] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35911 | N6840D | A | George W Lancaster, Wilmington, North Carolina. N6840D, Named "Spirit of NC"[4] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35913 | 4435913 | D | Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35918 | 434287 | D | USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. Named "Versatile Lady"[3] |
| A-26C | 44-35937 | 435937 | D | Jackson Barracks Military Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana[3] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35948 | D | Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, Ohio. N381EC[2] | |
| A-26C | 44-35986 | 435884 | D | Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Detroit, Michigan. Named "Stormy Weather"[3][25] |
| B-26K (A-26A) | 64-17640 | 17640 | D | South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota[3][26] |
| B-26K (A-26A | 64-17651 | 64651 | D | KAI Aerospace Museum, Sachon, South Korea[27] |
| B-26K (A-26A) | 64-17653 | 64653 | D | Pima Air & Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB), Tucson, Arizona[3] |
| B-26K (A-26A) | 64-17666 | 64666 | D | Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field, Florida[3] |
| B-26K (A-26A) | 64-17676 | 64676 | D | National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio[3] |
| B-26K (A-26A) | 64-17679 | N4988N | R | J.S. Reynolds, Fort Worth, Texas[2] |
| A-26C | unknown | 227 (FAP) | D | Las Palmas AB, Lima, Peru[23] |
| A-26C | unknown | 226 (FAP) | D | Pisco AB, Peru[23] |
| A-26B | unknown | 601 (FAS) | D | Museo Nacional de Aviación, Ilopango AB, El Salvador[23] |
| A-26B | unknown | M-264 (AURI) | D | Singosari AB, Abdulrachman Saleh, Malang, Java, Indonesia[28] |
| A-26B | unknown | M-265 (AURI) | D | Museum Dirgantara Mandala (TNI-AU Museum), Adisucipto AB, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia[4] |
Notes[]
- ↑ The Fighter Factory http://www.fighterfactory.com/
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 FAA USCAR
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 3.41 3.42 3.43 3.44 3.45 Ogden (2007)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 Goodall (2003)
- ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. December 2005.
- ↑ Ogden (2008)
- ↑ Villarroel/Aguilar. 2005. El Douglas B-26 Invader En La Fuerza Aerea De Chile. Editorial Manutara ISBN 978-956-310-795-1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Goodall (2008)
- ↑ Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile http://www.museoaeronautico.cl/
- ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. December 2003.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Thompson (2002)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Hagedorn (1994)
- ↑ AeroWeb: A-26 at Pima Museum http://www.aero-web.org/museums/az/pam/43-22494.htm
- ↑ https://sites.google.com/a/mapsairmuseum.org/a-26/
- ↑ Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum http://www.jimmydoolittlemuseum.org/html/a26k.html
- ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. June 2006.
- ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. May 2006.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. February 2008.
- ↑ Aircraft in MAE http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/a26pag.html
- ↑ Planes of Fame http://www.planesoffame.org/
- ↑ AeroWeb: RB-26C at Planes of Fame Museum http://www.aero-web.org/museums/az/pofaz/44-35323.htm
- ↑ Aeroplane Monthly, May 2012
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Marden (2008)
- ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. February 2006.
- ↑ AeroWeb: A-26 at Selfridge Museum http://www.aero-web.org/museums/mi/smm/44-35986.htm
- ↑ AeroWeb: B-26K at South Dakota Museum http://www.aero-web.org/museums/sd/eafbsd/64-17640.htm
- ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. November 2006.
- ↑ "Combat Aircraft". UK: Ian Allan. Vol. 8 No. 6 (Dec2007).
References[]
- FAA (1963-2012 (various)). United States Civil Aircraft Register (USCAR). Federal Aviation Administration.
- Goodall, Geoff (2003). Warbirds Directory. DA MacPhail. ISBN 0-9750406-1-8.
- Goodall, Geoff (2008). Warbirds Directory. Geoff Goodall.(CD-ROM)
- Hagedorn, Dan and Hellström, Leif (1994). Foreign Invaders - The Douglas Invader in foreign military and US clandestine service. Midland Publishing Limited. ISBN 1-85780-013-3.
- Marden, Andy (April 2008). "World - Military Out of Service 2008". Mach III.
- Ogden, Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-385-4.
- Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-394-9.
- Thompson, Scott (2002). Douglas A-26 and B-26 Invader. Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-503-4.
- United States Air Force Museum. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation. 1975.
External links[]
- NMUSAF A-26 factsheet http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=301
- Warbird Registry: A-26 Registry http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26registry.html
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