Douglas A-26 survivors

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Main article: A-26 Invader

The Douglas A-26 survivors identifies A-26s on display include aircraft model letters, serial numbers, and locations. The Douglas 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.

[edit] On display

These complete examples of A-26 Invader have been preserved or restored to different levels including markings, nose art, original or representative paint schemes, and are on display at military bases or at museums, or are active aircraft potentially viewable at air events:

Status Codes:

(D) = Display
(A) = Airworthy
(S) = Stored
(R) = Under restoration
Designation USAAF Serial / Tail No Status Current location
A-26B 41-39161 / "436874" R The Fighter Factory, Suffolk, Virginia[1] N26RP
A-26B / "JD-1" 41-39215 / "446928" R National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida[1]
A-26B 41-39221 / N26GT S South Mountain High School, Phoenix, Arizona[2] (Marksman conversion)
A-26B 41-39223 R Ailes Anciennes, Toulouse, France[3]
A-26B "A-26C" 41-39230 / 139230 DA Commemorative Air Force, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[1] N9682C Named "Lady Liberty"
A-26B 41-39288 / 5159 (FAB) D Museu Aerospacial da FAB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [4][5]
A-26B 41-39303 / "434324" DR Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California[1] Named "City Of Santa Rosa"
A-26B "A-26C" 41-39359 / 39359 S Pond Warbirds LLC, Palm Springs, California[1] N26BP
A-26B "A-26C" 41-39401 DR Fantasy Of Flight, Polk City, Florida[1] N39401
A-26B 41-39427 / "437140" DA Commemorative Air Force, Waco, Texas[6][1] N240P Named "Spirit Of Waco"
A-26B 41-39472 / "435648" D Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport, Atwater, California[7][1] Named "Lil Sal"
A-26B 41-39516 D Wings Of Eagles Discovery Center, Horseheads, New York[1]
A-26B 41-39537 / 840 (FACh) D Museo Nacional de Aeronautico, Los Cerillos, Chile[8]
A-26B "A-26C" 43-22258 / "434220" D Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, North Dakota[1]
A-26B 43-22357 / CF-BMS D The British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada[9][1] (Civil air tanker configuration).
A-26B 43-22444 / "434156" D? Vance AFB Collection, Vance AFB, Enid, Oklahoma[5][10][11]
A-26B "A-26C" 43-22494 / 0-3494 D Pima Air & Space Museum[12], Tucson, Arizona[2]
A-26C "A-26B" 43-22499 DR New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut[1] Named "Reida Rae"
A-26C 43-22652 / 43652 D Travis Air Force Museum, Travis AFB, Fairfield, California[13]
A-26C "A-26B" 43-22679 / "612" D Saqr Al-Jazeera Aviation Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[14]
A-26B 44-34104 DR Historical Aircraft Squadron, Fairfield, Ohio[1]
A-26B 44-34134 / 5176 (FAB) D Museu de Armas e Veículos Motorizados Antigos, Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brazil[5]
A-26B 44-34165 S Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, California[1]
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34313 / 434313 A David Lane / Commemorative Air Force, El Cajon, California[1] N119DR
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34423 / 434423 D? Armed Forces And Aerospace Museum, Spokane Valley, Washington[1]
A-26B 44-34508 R Jack Bazler, Santa Rosa, California[2] N74874
A-26B 44-34520 / N126HP A Lauridsen Collection, Glendale, Arizona[1]
A-26B 44-34535 / "937" D Museo del Aire, Havana, Cuba[15]
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34538 / 434538 A Martin Aviation Collection, Santa Ana, California[1] N34538 Named "Feeding Frenzy"
A-26B 44-34559 / 0-34559 D Mississippi ANG - 172nd AG, Jackson, Mississippi[2]
A-26B 44-34602 / 434602 A Scandinavian Historic Flight, Halmstad, Sweden[16] N167B Named "Sugarland Express".
A-26B 44-34610 R National Air & Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia[1]
A-26B 44-34659 R Guild Of Automobile Restorers, Bradford, Ontario, Canada[2]
A-26B 44-34665 / 434665 D Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, Nebraska[1]
A-26B 44-34722 / 4434722 DA Jack Erickson / Tillamook NAS Museum, Tillamook, Oregon[1] N3222T
A-26B 44-34741 / 848 (FACh) D Plaza de la Cultura Pablo Neruda, Mejillones, Chile[17]
A-26B 44-34746 D VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 382, El Reno, Oklahoma[2] Named "Sonny"
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34749 / 434749 A Abrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc, Avra Valley, Arizona[2] N4959K Named "Puss In Boots"
A-26B 44-34759 D Aerospace Exhibition Centre, Mehrabad, Iran[2]
A-26B 44-34765 D Musée Royal de l'Armée, Brussels, Belgium[2] Named "Mission Completed"
A-26B 44-34766 / N26BK A HB Keck / Thermco Aviation, Thermal, California[11]
A-26B 44-34769 D Sea Link Aviation, Tanagra AB, Greece[2] N500MR
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34773 D Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, France [18]
A-26B 44-34774 R The Air Station, Arlington, Washington[2]
A-26B 44-34778 / "RCAF 098" A Air Ross (1980) Inc, Calgary, Ontario, Canada[2] C-GWLT
A-26C 44-35204 / 435204 D Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas[1]
A-26C 44-35224 / 435224 D March Field Air Museum, March AFB, Riverside, California[1] Named "Sweet Miss Lillian"
A-26C 44-35323 / 435323 DA Planes of Fame Grand Canyon[19], Valle, Arizona[1] N8026E
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35439 R Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon[1]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35440 / "931" D Wings Over Miami Military Museum, Miami, Florida[1]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35444 A Premier Jets / Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon[1] N26FK
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35456 A Wade Eagleton, Shafter, California[11] N5625S
A-26C 44-35493 D War Eagles Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico[1] N576JB
A-26C 44-35504 D Chateaudun AB, Châteaudun, France[2]
A-26C 44-35508 / 2504 (FAC) D Apiay AFB, Villavicencio, Colombia[10]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35523 / 435523 D Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover, Delaware[1]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35586 / 5156 (FAB) D Augusto Severo AB, Natal, Brazil[2]
A-26C 44-35596 D? Hickam AFB Collection, Hickam AFB, Hawaii[1]
A-26C 44-35601 / 435601 DA Commemorative Air Force, Mesa, Arizona[1] N202R Named "Miss Murphy"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35617 / 435617 D Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah[1] Named "Grim Reaper"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35620 / 404 (FAG) D Technical School, La Aurora, Guatemala[20]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35627 D Dodge City Airport, Dodge City, Kansas[2]
A-26C 44-35643 R Commemorative Air Force, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[1] N626SH Named "Lil Twister"
A-26C 44-35696 / 4-35696 DR Collings Foundation / Aviation Museum of Texas, Uvalde, Texas[1] N8036E Named "My Mary Lou"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35708 A Premier Jets / Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon[1] N26PJ
A-26C 44-35710 / 435710 DA Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas[11] N7705C Named "Hard To Get"
A-26C / "JD-1" 44-35721 / 435721 DA Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California[1] N9425Z Named "Invader"
A-26C 44-35724 / "434517" D? Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama[1] Named "Monie"
A-26C 44-35732 / 435732 D Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia[1]
A-26C 44-35733 / 435733 D National Museum of the United States Air Force[21], Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio[1] Named "Dream Girl"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35752 / 435752 DR Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina[22] N81797 Named "Rude Invader".
A-26C 44-35753 / "863" (FACh) D Cerro Moreno AB, Antofagasta, Chile[5]
A-26C 44-35778 / 2519 (FAC) D Colombian Air Force Museum, Eldorado Air Base, Bogotá, Colombia[10].
A-26C 44-35788 / N126HK A A-26 Company Inc, Van Nuys, California[11]
A-26C 44-35859 R Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux-Merignac Air Base, France[23]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35892 / 4435892 D Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, Colorado[1]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35898 A R W McFarlane / Aviation Investments Pty, Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia[17] VH-VNI
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35911 / 435911 A George W Lancaster, Wilmington, North Carolina[2] N6840D Named "Spirit of NC"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35913 / 435913 D Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas[1]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35918 / "434287" D USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas[1] Named "Versatile Lady"
A-26C 44-35937 D? Jackson Barracks Military Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana[1]
A-26C 44-35986 / "435884" D Selfridge Military Air Museum[24], Selfridge Field, Detroit, Michigan[1]
B-26K 64-17640 / 17640 D South Dakota Air and Space Museum[25], Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota[1]
B-26K 64-17651 / 64651 D KAI Aerospace Museum, Sachon, South Korea[26]
B-26K 64-17653 / 64653 D Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona[1]
B-26K 64-17666 / 64666 D Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field, Florida[1]
B-26K 64-17676 / 64676 D National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio[1]
A-26C unknown / 227 (FAP) D Las Palmas AB, Lima, Peru[20]
A-26C unknown / 226 (FAP) D Pisco AB, Peru[20]
A-26B unknown / "601" (FAS) D Museo Nacional de Aviación, Ilopango AB, El Salvador[20]

[edit] References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Goodall,Geoff (2003). Warbirds Directory. Australia: DA MacPhail. ISBN 0975040618. 
  3. ^ "Air-Britain News" (Dec 2005). UK: Air-Britain. 
  4. ^ Brazilian Military Air Museum
  5. ^ a b c d Thompson,Scott (2004). Douglas A-26 and B-26 Invader. UK: Crowood Press. ISBN 1861265014. 
  6. ^ CAF Ranger Wing
  7. ^ Castle Air Site
  8. ^ "Air-Britain News" (Dec 2003). UK: Air-Britain. 
  9. ^ British Columbia Aviation Museum Official Site
  10. ^ a b c Hagedorn, Dan and Hellström, Leif (1994). Foreign Invaders - The Douglas Invader in foreign military and US clandestine service. UK: Midland Publishing Limited. ISBN 1857800133. 
  11. ^ a b c d e FAA (1963-2008 (various)). United States Civil Aircraft Register. US: Federal Aviation Administration. 
  12. ^ AeroWeb: A-26 at Pima Museum
  13. ^ Travis Air Museum Official site.
  14. ^ "Air-Britain News" (June 2006). UK: Air-Britain. 
  15. ^ "Air-Britain News" (May 2006). UK: Air-Britain. 
  16. ^ Scandinavian Historic Flight Website
  17. ^ a b "Air-Britain News" (Feb 2008). UK: Air-Britain. 
  18. ^ List'in MAE
  19. ^ AeroWeb: RB-26C at Planes of Fame Museum
  20. ^ a b c d Marden,Andy (Apr 2008). "World - Military Out of Service 2008". UK: Mach III. 
  21. ^ AeroWeb: B-26C at USAF Museum
  22. ^ Carolinas Aviation Museum Official Site.
  23. ^ "Air-Britain News" (Feb 2006). UK: Air-Britain. 
  24. ^ AeroWeb: A-26 at Selfridge Museum
  25. ^ AeroWeb: B-26K at South Dakota Museum
  26. ^ "Air-Britain News" (Nov 2006). UK: Air-Britain. 
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