List of surviving Douglas A-26 Invaders

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 Twentieth Century.

On display

• 
  A-26C, AF Ser. No. 44-35918, with nose art from A-26B, AF Ser. No. 44-34287, "Versatile Lady" USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB
• 
  A-26C, AF Ser. No. 44-35892, at Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
• 
  A-26C formerly at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB
• 
  A-26C at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum
• 
  Indonesian Air Force A-26B at the Dirgantara Mandala 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	D	National Naval Aviation Museum, 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"[2][3]
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"[3] (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[3] Currently under restoration at Aero Trader in Chino, California[9]
A-26B	41-39427	437140	A	Commemorative Air Force, Meacham Field, Texas. N240P,[2][3] named "Night Mission"[10]
A-26B	41-39472	435648	D	Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (former Castle AFB), Atwater, California.[3] (image)
A-26B	41-39516	0-139516	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[11][12] (image)
A-26B "A-26C"	43-22258	434220	D	Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, North Dakota[3] (image)
A-26B	43-22357	CF-BMS	D	British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. (Civil air tanker configuration)[3] (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[4][15] (image)
A-26C "A-26B"	43-22499	322499	D	New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Named "Reida Rae"[3]
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[8]
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[2]
A-26B	44-34134	5176 (FAB)	D?	Museu de Armas e Veículos e Avioes Motorizados Antigos, Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brazil[13]
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, Santa Rosa, California. N4313, Named "Miss Michelle"[2][3]
A-26B "A-26C"	44-34423	434423	S	Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum, Spokane Valley, Washington[3]
A-26B	44-34508	-	R	W.S. Glover, Mount Pleasant, Texas. N74874[2][4]
A-26B	44-34520	434520	A	Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye, Arizona. N126HP, Named "Lu Lu"[2][3] (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"[2][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".[2] (images)
A-26B	44-34610	-	S	National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia[3]
A-26B	44-34665	434665	D	Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska[3] (images)
A-26B	44-34722	4434722	DA	Jack Erickson / Erickson Aircraft Museum, Madras, Oregon. N3222T[2][3] (images)
A-26B	44-34741	848 (FACh)	D	Plaza de la Cultura Pablo Neruda, Mejillones, Chile[20]
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"[2][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] (images)
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 export to Utah Beach Museum at Sainte Marie du Mont, Le Bourget, Paris, France[21]
A-26B	44-34778	RCAF 098	A	Air Ross (1980) Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Based in St. Andrews, Manitoba. 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"[2][3][22][23] (image)
A-26C	44-35326	435326	D	Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, Indiana.[24]
A-26C	44-35371	435371	S	Marine Aviation Museum, Houston, Texas. N4818E[2]
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35439	435439	DA	Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon N74833, Named "Margie".[2][3] (images)
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35440	931	D	Wings Over Miami, Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, Florida[3] (image)
A-26C	44-35444	844	D	Republic of China Air Force Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[25]
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35456	N5625S	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	44-35508	2504 (FAC)	D	Apiay AFB, Villavicencio, Colombia[14]
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35523	435523	R	Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware[3]
A-26C	44-35524	CF-CUI	SA	Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada (Civil air tanker configuration)[26]
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	0-435596	D	Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii[3]
A-26C	44-35601	435601	DS	Commemorative Air Force, Mesa, Arizona. N202R, Named "Miss Murphy"[2][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[27]
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35627	435627	D	Dodge City Airport, Dodge City, Kansas[4]
A-26C	44-35643	-	RA	Commemorative Air Force, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. N626SH, Named "Lil Twister"[2][3]
A-26C	44-35696	4-35696	DR	Collings Foundation / Aviation Museum of Texas, Uvalde, Texas. N8036E, Named "My Mary Lou"[2][3]
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35708	435708	A	Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon. N26PJ[2][3] (image)
A-26C	44-35710	435710	DA	Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas. N7705C, Named "Hard To Get"[2] (images)
A-26C "JD-1"	44-35721	435721	D	Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California. N9425Z, Named "Invader"[3] (images)
A-26C	44-35724	434517	D	Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama. Named "Monie"[3]
VB-26	?	?	R	Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia[3]
A-26C	44-35733	435733	D	National Museum USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Named "Dream Girl"[3] (images)
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35752	435752	DR	Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina. Named "Rude Invader".[3]
A-26C	44-35778	2519 (FAC)	D	Museo Aeroespacial Colombiana, Eldorado Air Base, Bogotá, Colombia.[14] (image)
A-26C	44-35788	N126HK	A	Cactus Air Force Wings & Wheels, Carson City, Nevada[2]
A-26C	44-35859	-	R	Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux-Merignac Air Base, France[28]
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[20]
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35911	435911	A	George W Lancaster, Wilmington, North Carolina. N6840D, Named "Spirit of NC"[2][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] (images)
A-26C	44-35937	435937	D	Jackson Barracks Military Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana[3]
A-26C "A-26B"	44-35948	N381EC	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][29]
B-26K (A-26A)	64-17640	17640	D	South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota[3][30]
B-26K (A-26A)	64-17651	64651	D	KAI Aerospace Museum, Sachon, South Korea[31] (image)
B-26K (A-26A)	64-17653	64653	D	Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona[3] (images)
B-26K (A-26A)	64-17666	64666	D	Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field, Florida[3] (image)
B-26K (A-26A)	64-17676	64676	D	National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio[3] (images)
B-26K (A-26A)	64-17679	N4988N	A	J.S. Reynolds, Fort Worth, Texas. Named "Special Kay" and currently undergoing restoration.[32]
A-26C	unknown	227 (FAP)	D	Las Palmas AB, Lima, Peru[27]
A-26C	unknown	226 (FAP)	D	Pisco AB, Peru[27]
A-26B	unknown	601 (FAS)	D	Museo Nacional de Aviación, Ilopango AB, El Salvador[27] (image)
A-26B	unknown	M-264 (AURI)	D	Abdul Rachman Saleh AFB, Malang, East Java, Indonesia[33]
A-26B	unknown	M-265 (AURI)	D	Dirgantara Mandala Museum, Adisucipto AFB, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia[4]
A-26B	unknown	M-265 (AURI)	D	Taman Prestasi Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia[34]

Notes

1. The Fighter Factory http://www.fighterfactory.com/
2. FAA US Civil Aircraft Register
3. Ogden (2007)
4. Goodall (2003)
5. "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. December 2005. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. Ogden (2008)
7. Villarroel/Aguilar. 2005. El Douglas B-26 Invader En La Fuerza Aerea De Chile. Editorial Manutara ISBN 978-956-310-795-1
8. Goodall (2008)
9. "New Video Details Kermit Weeks' A-26 Invader Restoration". Aerodynamic Media, LLC - Aviation News and Resources. 2016-01-25. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
10. "Commemorative Air Force Invader Squadron Website". Retrieved 2019-11-26.
11. Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile http://www.museoaeronautico.cl/
12. "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. December 2003. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
13. Thompson (2002)
14. Hagedorn (1994)
15. AeroWeb: A-26 at Pima Museum http://www.aero-web.org/museums/az/pam/43-22494.htm%5B%5D
16. https://sites.google.com/a/mapsairmuseum.org/a-26/
17. Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-08-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
18. "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. June 2006. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
19. "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. May 2006. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
20. "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. February 2008. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
21. Aircraft in MAE http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/a26pag.html
22. Planes of Fame http://www.planesoffame.org/
23. AeroWeb: RB-26C at Planes of Fame Museum "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
24. Indiana Military Museum
25. Aeroplane Monthly, May 2012
26. "Aviation". Reynolds Museum. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
27. Marden (2008)
28. "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. February 2006. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
29. AeroWeb: A-26 at Selfridge Museum "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
30. AeroWeb: B-26K at South Dakota Museum "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
31. "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. November 2006. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
32. "A-26 "Special Kay" Restoration". Warbirds News. July 28, 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
33. "Combat Aircraft". 8 (6). UK: Ian Allan. Dec 2007. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
34. "Monumen Pesawat Bomber B-26 Intruder di Taman Prestasi Surabaya". twitter.com/infosurabaya (in Indonesian). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

References

• Federal Aviation Administration. 2014. United States Civil Aircraft Register (USCAR)
• Goodall, Geoff (2003). Warbirds Directory. DA MacPhail. ISBN 0-9750406-1-8.
• Goodall, Geoff (2008). Warbirds Directory. Geoff Goodall.(CD-ROM)
• Hagedorn, Dan & 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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Ogden, Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-385-7.
• 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

• Douglas B-26K (A-26) Counter Invader – National Museum of the United States Air Force
• Warbird Registry: A-26 Registry http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26registry.html