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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
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| Base model: | A-26 | ||
| Designation: | A-26 | ||
| Version: | C | ||
| Nickname: | Invader | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1926-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Attack | ||
| Crew: | 3 | ||
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Recent comments by our visitors
| Earl R. Benedict Bangor, CA |
I was flying on RB-26's Out of Wiesbaden Germany from 1957 to 1959 with the 7405th. Sq. we were doing photo recon. and Intel.up and down the Berlin corr.s. Was a fun aircraft but we froze are ass's off in the winter we had no heaters on the aircraft. In 1959 the B26's were put out to pasture. 11/29/2013 @ 17:11 [ref: 68196] |
| Dennis Tyra Merritt Island, FL | Lived at Clark AFB, Philippines 1956-1958. There were a number of ex-French B-26s parked out of the way on the flight line. They were returned to U.S. control after the French effort in Indochina ended. Thought they were really sweet-looking machines. 10/12/2013 @ 14:30 [ref: 68099] |
| Niles F. Smith San Antonio, TX | I flew 46 combat missions in RB-26's over Korea in 1953 before the cease fire agreement in June of 1953. I was in the 12th Tactical Recon. Sqdn of the 67th Recon. Wing stationed at Kimbo Air Field close to nearby Seoul on the Han River. We were called blackbirds because our planes were painted all black and we only flew night photo recon missions dropping phosphorous bombs to light up the North Korean targets. We had complete day air superiority so the North Koreans moved everything at night so it was important for intelligence purposes to obtain photos of their night time ground movement operations. Our squadron motto was "alone, unarmed and unafraid" which I changed to "alone, unarmed and afraid" after my first mission. I was a 2nd Lt. fresh out of flight school from Shaw AFB, SC. 01/15/2012 @ 09:16 [ref: 52133] |
| Niles F. Smith , TX | I flew 46 combat missions in RB-26's over Korea in 1953 before the cease fire agreement in June of 1953. I was in the 12th Tactical Recon. Sqdn of the 67th Recon. Wing stationed at Kimbo Air Field close to nearby Seoul on the Han River. We were called blackbirds because our planes were painted all black and we only flew night photo recon missions dropping phosphorous bombs to light up the North Korean targets. We had complete day air superiority so the North Koreans moved everything at night so it was important for intelligence purposes to obtain photos of their night time ground movement operations. Our squadron motto was "alone, unarmed and unafraid" which I changed to "alone, unarmed and afraid" after my first mission. I was a 2nd Lt. fresh out of flight school from Shaw AFB, SC. 01/15/2012 @ 09:14 [ref: 52132] |
| daniel kershner falling waters ,, WV | i served in the usaf ,1950 to 1954.. was stationed at langley afb va. from apr 1951 until nov 1954...at that time langley had the 4400th bomb group which consisted of 3 squadrons of the douglas b-26 c planes...we trained flight crews for KOREA. when i first arrived at langley, from school at sheppard afb, texas,, i was assigned to the 117th bomb sqdn.(l),, which was an activated air national guard unit from philadelphia pa... later this unit was redesignated 423rd.bomb sqdn, part of the 4400th.bomb group..i was a crew chief on these planes for 2.5 years.. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO WAS IN THIS UNIT.. 09/10/2011 @ 05:44 [ref: 48877] |
| Eugene Rossel Chino,, CA | It was reported that the French used German Luftwaffe pilots to fly B-26s in Vietnam in the early 50s. Does anyone have any data on this? I am writing an article for the Air Commando Asolciation Newsletter on this subject.
Gene Rossel 08/30/2010 @ 20:58 [ref: 29708] |
| DAWN BASKERVILLE PIQUA, OH | MY HUSBAND RICHARD (DICK) WAS IN THE AIR FORCE FROM 1954 TO 1958. HE WAS IN GERMANY IN THE I THINK HE WAS IN THE 2504. HE WAS A FLIGHT MEC. AND A FLIGHT ENG. I' NOT SURE AT THIS TIME, IF I'M RIGHT ON THE 2504. HE FLEW ON THE B-26. I'M LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE NAMED HAINES,OR HAYNES. UNKNOWN FIRST NAME. NICKNAME SNAPCAP. PLEASE CONTACT IF YOU ARE HIM OR KNOW OF HIM. THANKS 05/27/2010 @ 12:30 [ref: 26513] |
| martin oneill placentia, CO | Actually, the Dauglas A-26 saw service in Vietnam thru 1972. Many were shipped back to a private contractor in Texas to hav thier main spars replace. a big job
It has been reported that an A-26 was the first allied plane to destroy a German jet Me-262 ov3er Germany. The C model had dual controls. There were many nose and wing armament configurations of cannon and machine guns. It's wing section was the same laminar flow used by the P-51. Minumum one engine and landing speed was 135mph which made for exciting landings. The National Gd. wing I was in had a total of two survivors from Korea only because neith of us wer there at the time they were over run. 03/10/2010 @ 06:04 [ref: 25865] |
| Robert Finch , CA | The A-26 in the photo on the bottom row, second from the left, was from the 84th Bomb Squadron, 47th Bomb Group, stationed at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. It was common practice for pilots in the 47th BG to fly "missions" to
cities they wanted to visit in the years after the war. The seats of these planes were allways filled with personnel who wanted to get away from El Paso for a few days. Two months after this photo was taken, two A-26's from the 84th BS collided at an airshow in Idaho, killing all the people aboard. 02/07/2009 @ 11:05 [ref: 23662] |
| ray stevens norfolk, VA | the aircraft pictured at the top of the page is a martin
b-26 often confused with with douglas a-26 later called a b-26 01/22/2009 @ 20:51 [ref: 23538] |
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