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
DesignationUSAAF SerialDisplayed IdentityStatusCurrent location
A-26B41-39161436874RMilitary Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia. N26RP[1][2][3]
A-26B (JD-1)41-39215446928DNational Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Florida[3]
A-26B41-39221N26GTSSouth Mountain High School, Phoenix, Arizona. (On Mark Marksman)[4]
A-26B41-39223-RAiles Anciennes, Toulouse, France[5]
A-26B "A-26C"41-39230139230DACommemorative Air Force, Enid, Oklahoma. N9682C, Named "Lady Liberty"[2][3]
A-26B41-392885159 (FAB)DMuseu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[6] (image)
A-26B41-39303434324DPacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California. Named "City Of Santa Rosa"[3] (images)
A-26C41-39327863 (FACh)DCerro Moreno AB, Antofagasta, Chile[7]
A-26B "A-26C"41-3935939359AMarine Aviation Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.[8]
A-26B "A-26C"41-39401-RFantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida. N39401[3] Currently under restoration at Aero Trader in Chino, California[9]
A-26B41-39427437140ACommemorative Air Force, Meacham Field, Texas. N240P,[2][3] named "Night Mission"[10]
A-26B41-39472435648DCastle Air Museum, Castle Airport (former Castle AFB), Atwater, California.[3] (image)
A-26B41-395160-139516DWings of Eagles Discovery Center, Horseheads, Elmira, New York[3]
A-26B41-39537840 (FACh)DMuseo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio, Cerrillos, Chile[11][12] (image)
A-26B "A-26C"43-22258434220DGrand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, North Dakota[3] (image)
A-26B43-22357CF-BMSDBritish Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. (Civil air tanker configuration)[3] (image)
A-26B43-22444434156DVance AFB, Enid, Oklahoma[13][14]
A-26B "A-26C"43-22494322494DPima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona[4][15] (image)
A-26C "A-26B"43-22499322499DNew England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Named "Reida Rae"[3]
A-26C43-22602-RMAPS Air Museum, Canton, Ohio.[16]
A-26C "B-26K"43-2265243652DJimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum, Travis AFB, Fairfield, California[17]
A-26C43-22653(C-GPTW)SBankstown Airport, Sydney, Australia[8]
A-26C "A-26B"43-22679612DRoyal Saudi Air Force Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[18]
A-26B44-34104N99420A1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, New York[2]
A-26B44-341345176 (FAB)D?Museu de Armas e Veículos e Avioes Motorizados Antigos, Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brazil[13]
A-26B44-34165-SAir Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, California[3]
A-26B "A-26C"44-34313434313ABlack Crow Aviation, Santa Rosa, California. N4313, Named "Miss Michelle"[2][3]
A-26B "A-26C"44-34423434423SArmed Forces and Aerospace Museum, Spokane Valley, Washington[3]
A-26B44-34508-RW.S. Glover, Mount Pleasant, Texas. N74874[2][4]
A-26B44-34520434520ALauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye, Arizona. N126HP, Named "Lu Lu"[2][3] (images)
A-26B44-34535937SMuseo del Aire, San Antonio de los Baños Air Base, Cuba[19]
A-26B "A-26C"44-34538434538DALyon Air Museum, Santa Ana, California. N34538, Named "Feeding Frenzy"[2][3]
A-26B44-345590-34559DMississippi Air National Guard - 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson ANGB, Jackson, Mississippi[4]
A-26B44-34602434602ANordic Warbirds, Västerås, Sweden. N167B, named "Sugarland Express".[2] (images)
A-26B44-34610-SNational Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia[3]
A-26B44-34665434665DStrategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska[3] (images)
A-26B44-347224434722DAJack Erickson / Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras, Oregon. N3222T[2][3] (images)
A-26B44-34741848 (FACh)DPlaza de la Cultura Pablo Neruda, Mejillones, Chile[20]
A-26B44-34746-DVFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 382, El Reno, Oklahoma. Named "Sonny"[4]
A-26B "A-26C"44-34749434749AAbrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc, Avra Valley, Arizona. N4959K, Named "Puss & Boots"[2][4]
A-26B44-34759-DIranian Aerospace Exhibition Centre, Mehrabad, Iran[4]
A-26B44-34765434765DMusée Royal de l'Armée, Brussels, Belgium. Named "Mission Completed"[4] (images)
A-26B44-34766N26BKAH.B. Keck / Thermco Aviation, Thermal, California[2]
A-26B44-34769434769DSea Link Aviation, Tanagra Air Base, Greece. N500MR[4]
A-26B "A-26C"44-34773435740DMusée de l'Air et de l'Espace export to Utah Beach Museum at Sainte Marie du Mont, Le Bourget, Paris, France[21]
A-26B44-34778RCAF 098AAir Ross (1980) Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Based in St. Andrews, Manitoba. C-GWLT[4]
A-26C44-35204435204DLaughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas[3]
A-26C44-35224435224DMarch Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California. Named "Midnight Endeavour"[3]
A-26C44-35323435323DAPlanes of Fame Grand Canyon, Valle, Arizona. N8026E, Named "Ahaulin"[2][3][22][23] (image)
A-26C44-35326435326DIndiana Military Museum, Vincennes, Indiana.[24]
A-26C44-35371435371SMarine Aviation Museum, Houston, Texas. N4818E[2]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35439435439DAEvergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon N74833, Named "Margie".[2][3] (images)
A-26C "A-26B"44-35440931DWings Over Miami, Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, Florida[3] (image)
A-26C44-35444844DRepublic of China Air Force Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[25]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35456N5625SAWade Eagleton, Shafter, California. N5625S[2]
A-26C44-35493N576JBDWar Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico[3]
A-26C44-35504-DChâteaudun Air Base, France[4]
A-26C44-355082504 (FAC)DApiay AFB, Villavicencio, Colombia[14]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35523435523RAir Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware[3]
A-26C44-35524CF-CUISAReynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada (Civil air tanker configuration)[26]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35562NL7079GAAlien Invaders Inc, Medina, Washington. Named "Sexy Sue"[2]
A-26C "A-26B"44-355865156 (FAB)DAugusto Severo AB, Natal, Brazil[4]
A-26C44-355960-435596DHickam Air Force Base, Hawaii[3]
A-26C44-35601435601DSCommemorative Air Force, Mesa, Arizona. N202R, Named "Miss Murphy"[2][3]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35617435617DHill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah. Named "Grim Reaper"[3]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35620404 (FAG)DTechnical School, La Aurora, Guatemala[27]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35627435627DDodge City Airport, Dodge City, Kansas[4]
A-26C44-35643-RACommemorative Air Force, Ada, Oklahoma. N626SH, Named "Lil Twister"[2][3]
A-26C44-356964-35696DRCollings Foundation / Aviation Museum of Texas, Uvalde, Texas. N8036E, Named "My Mary Lou"[2][3]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35708435708AClassic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon. N26PJ[2][3] (image)
A-26C44-35710435710SACavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas. N7705C, Named "Hard To Get"[2] (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.[28]
A-26C "JD-1"44-35721435721DPalm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California. N9425Z, Named "Invader"[3] (images)
A-26C44-35724434517DSouthern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama. Named "Monie"[3]
VB-26 ? ?RMuseum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia[3]
A-26C44-35733435733DNational Museum USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Named "Dream Girl"[3] (images)
A-26C "A-26B"44-35752435752DRCarolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina. Named "Rude Invader".[3]
A-26C44-357782519 (FAC)DMuseo Aeroespacial Colombiana, Eldorado Air Base, Bogotá, Colombia.[14] (image)
A-26C44-35788N126HKACactus Air Force Wings & Wheels, Carson City, Nevada[2]
A-26C44-35859-RConservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux-Merignac Air Base, France[29]
A-26C "A-26B"44-358924435892DPueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, Colorado[3]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35898VH-VNIAR.W. McFarlane / Aviation Investments Pty, Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia[20]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35911435911AGeorge W Lancaster, Wilmington, North Carolina. N6840D, Named "Spirit of NC"[2][4]
A-26C "A-26B"44-359134435913DDyess 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.[3]< Historian, 7th BW, Dyess AFB, TX>
A-26C "A-26B"44-35918434287DUSAF Airman Heritage Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. Named "Versatile Lady"[3] (images)
A-26C44-35937435937DJackson Barracks Military Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana[3]
A-26C "A-26B"44-35948N381ECDChampaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, Ohio. N381EC[2]
A-26C44-35986435884DSelfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Detroit, Michigan. Named "Stormy Weather"[3][30]
B-26K (A-26A)64-1764017640DSouth Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota[3][31]
B-26K (A-26A)64-1765164651DKAI Aerospace Museum, Sachon, South Korea[32] (image)
B-26K (A-26A)64-1765364653DPima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona[3] (images)
B-26K (A-26A)64-1766664666DAir Commando Park, Hurlburt Field, Florida[3] (image)
B-26K (A-26A)64-1767664676DNational Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio[3] (images)
B-26K (A-26A)64-17679N4988NAJ.S Reynolds, PGM Aviation, Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Named "Special Kay" and only airworthy K variant[33]
A-26Cunknown227 (FAP)DLas Palmas AB, Lima, Peru[27]
A-26Cunknown226 (FAP)DPisco AB, Peru[27]
A-26Bunknown601 (FAS)DMuseo Nacional de Aviación, Ilopango AB, El Salvador[27] (image)
A-26BunknownM-264 (AURI)DAbdul Rachman Saleh AFB, Malang, East Java, Indonesia[34]
A-26BunknownM-265 (AURI)DDirgantara Mandala Museum, Adisucipto AFB, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia[4]
A-26BunknownM-265 (AURI)DTaman Prestasi Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia[35]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Fighter Factory http://www.fighterfactory.com/
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FAA US Civil Aircraft Register
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ogden (2007)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Goodall (2003)
  5. ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. December 2005. {{cite journal}}: 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. 1 2 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}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. 1 2 Thompson (2002)
  14. 1 2 3 Hagedorn (1994)
  15. ↑ AeroWeb: A-26 at Pima Museum
  16. ↑ "A-26 Invader".
  17. ↑ Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum "Outdoor Exhibits: A-26K "Counter Invader"". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  18. ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. June 2006. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. May 2006. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  20. 1 2 "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. February 2008. {{cite journal}}: 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.{{cite web}}: 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. 1 2 3 4 Marden (2008)
  28. ↑ Sullivan, Cole (1 January 2024). "Historic Addison flight museum announces closure". WFAA. Dallas, Texas. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  29. ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. February 2006. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  30. ↑ AeroWeb: A-26 at Selfridge Museum "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  31. ↑ AeroWeb: B-26K at South Dakota Museum "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  32. ↑ "Air-Britain News". Air-Britain. November 2006. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  33. ↑ EAA (2019-02-07). "Sole Survivor – B-26K/A-26A Special Kay". Hangar Flying. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  34. ↑ "Combat Aircraft". 8 (6). UK: Ian Allan. Dec 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  35. ↑ "Monumen Pesawat Bomber B-26 Intruder di Taman Prestasi Surabaya". twitter.com/infosurabaya (in Indonesian). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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