List of surviving Douglas A-26 Invaders explained

See main article: Douglas A-26 Invader.

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 other conflicts in the post-war era of the latter 20th century.

On display

These complete examples of the 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 SerialDisplayed IdentityStatus 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 D National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Florida
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"
A-26B 41-39288 5159 (FAB)D Museu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[6] (image)
A-26B 41-39303 434324 D Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California. Named "City Of Santa Rosa" (images)
A-26C 41-39327 863 (FACh)D Cerro Moreno AB, Antofagasta, Chile[7]
A-26B "A-26C" 41-39359 39359 A Marine Aviation Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.[8]
A-26B "A-26C" 41-39401 - R Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida. N39401 Currently under restoration at Aero Trader in Chino, California[9]
A-26B 41-39427 437140 A Commemorative Air Force, Meacham Field, Texas. N240P, named "Night Mission"[10]
A-26B 41-39472 435648 D Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (former Castle AFB), Atwater, California. (image)
A-26B 41-39516 0-139516 D Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Horseheads, Elmira, New York
A-26B 41-39537 840 (FACh) D Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio, Cerrillos, Chile[11] [12] (image)
A-26B "A-26C" 43-22258 434220 D Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, North Dakota (image)
A-26B 43-22357 CF-BMS D British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. (Civil air tanker configuration) (image)
A-26B 43-22444 434156 D Vance AFB, Enid, Oklahoma[13] [14]
A-26B "A-26C" 43-22494 322494 D Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona[15] (image)
A-26C "A-26B" 43-22499 322499 D New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Named "Reida Rae"
A-26C 43-22602 - R MAPS Air Museum, Canton, Ohio.[16]
A-26C "B-26K" 43-22652 43652 D Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum, Travis AFB, Fairfield, California[17]
A-26C 43-22653 (C-GPTW) S Bankstown Airport, Sydney, Australia
A-26C "A-26B" 43-22679 612 D Royal Saudi Air Force Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[18]
A-26B 44-34104 N99420 A 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, New York. Named "Silver Dragon", Currently at Ford Airport KIMT
A-26B 44-34134 5176 (FAB)D? Museu de Armas e Veículos e Avioes Motorizados Antigos, Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brazil
A-26B 44-34165 - S Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, California
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34313 434313 A Black Crow Aviation, Santa Rosa, California. N4313, Named "Miss Michelle"
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34423 434423 S Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum, Spokane Valley, Washington
A-26B 44-34508 - R W.S. Glover, Mount Pleasant, Texas. N74874
A-26B 44-34520 434520 A Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye, Arizona. N126HP, Named "Lu Lu" (images)
A-26B 44-34535 937 S Museo del Aire, San Antonio de los Baños Air Base, Cuba[19]
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34538 434538 DA Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana, California. N34538, Named "Feeding Frenzy"
A-26B 44-34559 0-34559 D Mississippi Air National Guard - 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson ANGB, Jackson, Mississippi
B-26B (A-26B)44-34568-DPakistan Air Force Museum, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[20] (images)
A-26B 44-34602 434602 A Nordic Warbirds, Västerås, Sweden. N167B, named "Sugarland Express". (images)
A-26B 44-34610 - S
A-26B 44-34665 434665 D Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska (images)
A-26B 44-34722 4434722 DA Jack Erickson / Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras, Oregon. N3222T (images)
A-26B 44-34741 848 (FACh)D Plaza de la Cultura Pablo Neruda, Mejillones, Chile[21]
A-26B 44-34746 - D VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 382, El Reno, Oklahoma. Named "Sonny"
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34749 434749 A Abrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc, Avra Valley, Arizona. N4959K, Named "Puss & Boots"
A-26B 44-34759 - D
A-26B 44-34765 434765 D Musée Royal de l'Armée, Brussels, Belgium. Named "Mission Completed" (images)
A-26B 44-34766 N26BK A
A-26B 44-34769 434769 D Sea Link Aviation, Tanagra Air Base, Greece. N500MR
A-26B "A-26C" 44-34773 435740 D Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace export to Utah Beach Museum at Sainte Marie du Mont, Le Bourget, Paris, France[22]
A-26B 44-34778 RCAF 098 A Air Ross (1980) Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Based in St. Andrews, Manitoba. C-GWLT
A-26C 44-35204 435204 D Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas
A-26C 44-35224 435224 D March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California. Named "Midnight Endeavour"
A-26C 44-35323 435323 DA Planes of Fame Grand Canyon, Valle, Arizona. N8026E, Named "Ahaulin"[23] [24] (image)
A-26C 44-35326 435326 D Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, Indiana.[25]
A-26C 44-35371 435371 S Marine Aviation Museum, Houston, Texas. N4818E
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35439 435439 DA Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon N74833, Named "Margie". (images)
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35440 931 D Wings Over Miami, Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, Florida (image)
A-26C 44-35444 844 D Republic of China Air Force Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[26]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35456 N5625SA Wade Eagleton, Shafter, California. N5625S
A-26C 44-35493 N576JB D
A-26C 44-35504 - D Châteaudun Air Base, France
A-26C 44-35508 2504 (FAC)D Apiay AFB, Villavicencio, Colombia
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35523 435523 R Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware
A-26C 44-35524 CF-CUI SA Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada (Civil air tanker configuration)[27]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35562 NL7079G A Alien Invaders Inc, Medina, Washington. Named "Sexy Sue"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35586 5156 (FAB)D Augusto Severo AB, Natal, Brazil
A-26C 44-35596 0-435596 D Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
A-26C 44-35601 435601 DS Commemorative Air Force, Mesa, Arizona. N202R, Named "Miss Murphy"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35617 435617 D Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah. Named "Grim Reaper"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35620 404 (FAG) D Technical School, La Aurora, Guatemala[28]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35627 435627D
A-26C 44-35643 - RA Commemorative Air Force, Ada, Oklahoma. N626SH, Named "Lil Twister"
A-26C 44-35696 4-35696 DR Collings Foundation / Aviation Museum of Texas, Uvalde, Texas. N8036E, Named "My Mary Lou"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35708 435708 A Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon. N26PJ (image)
A-26C 44-35710 435710 SA Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas. N7705C, Named "Hard To Get" (images) Removed from public display when the museum indefinitely closed on 1 January 2024. To be moved to North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas.[29]
A-26C "JD-1" 44-35721 435721 D Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California. N9425Z, Named "Invader" (images)
A-26C 44-35724 434517 D Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama. Named "Monie"
VB-26 ? ? R Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia
A-26C 44-35733 435733 D National Museum USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Named "Dream Girl" (images)
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35752 435752 DR Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina. Named "Rude Invader".
A-26C 44-35778 2519 (FAC)D Museo Aeroespacial Colombiana, Eldorado Air Base, Bogotá, Colombia. (image)
A-26C 44-35788 N126HKA
A-26C 44-35859 - R Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux-Merignac Air Base, France[30]
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35892 4435892 D Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, Colorado
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35898 VH-VNI A
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35911 435911 A George W Lancaster, Wilmington, North Carolina. N6840D, Named "Spirit of NC"
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35913 4435913 D Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas. Named "Chadwick" on left side, with "Oscar" the grim reaper on the right side nose art. Repainted summer of 2021.< Historian, 7th BW, Dyess AFB, TX>
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35918 434287 D USAF Airman Heritage Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. Named "Versatile Lady" (images)
A-26C 44-35937 435937 D
A-26C "A-26B" 44-35948 N381EC D Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, Ohio. N381EC
A-26C 44-35986 435884 D Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Detroit, Michigan. Named "Stormy Weather"[31]
B-26K (A-26A)64-17640 17640 D South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota[32]
B-26K (A-26A)64-17651 64651 D KAI Aerospace Museum, Sachon, South Korea[33] (image)
B-26K (A-26A)64-17653 64653 D Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona (images)
B-26K (A-26A)64-17666 64666 D Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field, Florida (image)
B-26K (A-26A)64-17676 64676 D National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio (images)
B-26K (A-26A)64-17679 N4988N A J.S Reynolds, PGM Aviation, Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Named "Special Kay" and only airworthy K variant[34]
A-26C unknown 227 (FAP) D Las Palmas AB, Lima, Peru
A-26C unknown 226 (FAP) D Pisco AB, Peru
A-26B unknown 601 (FAS) D Museo Nacional de Aviación, Ilopango AB, El Salvador (image)
A-26B unknown M-264 (AURI) D Abdul Rachman Saleh AFB, Malang, East Java, Indonesia[35]
A-26B unknown M-265 (AURI) D Dirgantara Mandala Museum, Adisucipto AFB, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
A-26B unknown M-265 (AURI) D Taman Prestasi Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia[36]

References

External links

Notes and References

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  2. FAA US Civil Aircraft Register
  3. Ogden (2007)
  4. Goodall (2003)
  5. Air-Britain News . Air-Britain . December 2005 .
  6. Ogden (2008)
  7. Villarroel/Aguilar. 2005. El Douglas B-26 Invader En La Fuerza Aerea De Chile. Editorial Manutara
  8. Goodall (2008)
  9. News: New Video Details Kermit Weeks' A-26 Invader Restoration. 2016-01-25. Aerodynamic Media, LLC - Aviation News and Resources. 2017-11-02. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012439/http://aerodynamicmedia.com/new-video-details-kermit-weeks-a-26-invader-restoration/. 2017-11-07. dead.
  10. Web site: Commemorative Air Force Invader Squadron Website. 2019-11-26. en-US.
  11. Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile http://www.museoaeronautico.cl/
  12. Air-Britain News . Air-Britain . December 2003 .
  13. Thompson (2002)
  14. Hagedorn (1994)
  15. AeroWeb: A-26 at Pima Museum https://web.archive.org/web/20000109222819/http://www.aero-web.org/museums/az/pam/43-22494.htm
  16. Web site: A-26 Invader.
  17. Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum Web site: Outdoor Exhibits: A-26K "Counter Invader" . 2011-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322141031/http://jimmydoolittlemuseum.org/html/a26k.html . 2012-03-22 .
  18. Air-Britain News . Air-Britain . June 2006 .
  19. Air-Britain News . Air-Britain . May 2006 .
  20. Web site: AP-AVV - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks . 2024-06-21 . aparm.net.
  21. Air-Britain News . Air-Britain . February 2008 .
  22. Aircraft in MAE http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/a26pag.html
  23. Planes of Fame http://www.planesoffame.org/
  24. AeroWeb: RB-26C at Planes of Fame Museum Web site: Archived copy . 2007-08-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020200/http://www.aero-web.org/museums/az/pofaz/44-35323.htm . 2007-09-27 .
  25. http://indianamilitarymuseum.net/ Indiana Military Museum
  26. Aeroplane Monthly, May 2012
  27. Web site: Aviation . Reynolds Museum . Government of Alberta . 1 December 2019.
  28. Marden (2008)
  29. News: Sullivan . Cole . 1 January 2024 . Historic Addison flight museum announces closure . WFAA . Dallas, Texas . 4 January 2024.
  30. Air-Britain News . Air-Britain . February 2006 .
  31. AeroWeb: A-26 at Selfridge Museum Web site: Archived copy . 2008-02-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070224094312/http://www.aero-web.org/museums/mi/smm/44-35986.htm . 2007-02-24 .
  32. AeroWeb: B-26K at South Dakota Museum Web site: Archived copy . 2008-02-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927081649/http://www.aero-web.org/museums/sd/eafbsd/64-17640.htm . 2006-09-27 .
  33. Air-Britain News . Air-Britain . November 2006 .
  34. Web site: EAA . 2019-02-07 . Sole Survivor – B-26K/A-26A Special Kay . 2022-04-20 . Hangar Flying . en-US.
  35. Combat Aircraft . Ian Allan . UK . 8 . 6 . Dec 2007 .
  36. Web site: Monumen Pesawat Bomber B-26 Intruder di Taman Prestasi Surabaya.. id. 15 January 2015. twitter.com/infosurabaya. 29 November 2020.