Remove ads
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.
A-26C, AF Ser. No. 44-35918, with nose art from A-26B, AF Ser. No. 44-34287, "Versatile Lady" USAF Airman Heritage 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
A-26C "Sexy Sue" in 2020
.jpg)
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 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, 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. Named "Silver Dragon", Currently at Ford Airport KIMT[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] |
| B-26B (A-26B) | 44-34568 | - | D | Pakistan Air Force Museum, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[20] |
| 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 Collection, Madras, Oregon. N3222T[2][3] (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"[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[22] |
| 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][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[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.[26] |
| 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)[27] |
| 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[28] |
| A-26C "A-26B" | 44-35627 | 435627 | D | Dodge City Airport, Dodge City, Kansas[4] |
| A-26C | 44-35643 | - | RA | Commemorative Air Force, Ada, 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 | SA | Cavanaugh 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.[29] |
| 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[30] |
| 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[21] |
| 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. 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" | 44-35918 | 434287 | D | USAF Airman Heritage 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][31] |
| B-26K (A-26A) | 64-17640 | 17640 | D | South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota[3][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[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, 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[28] |
| A-26C | unknown | 226 (FAP) | D | Pisco AB, Peru[28] |
| A-26B | unknown | 601 (FAS) | D | Museo Nacional de Aviación, Ilopango AB, El Salvador[28] (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[4] |
| A-26B | unknown | M-265 (AURI) | D | Taman Prestasi Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia[36] |
Remove ads
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads