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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:B-26C Invader
    Last Military Serial:44-35733 USAF
    Construction Number:29012
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26C-45-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    28 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-35733.

    9 September 1945

    Transferred to 4255th Base Unit, Grenada.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-35733.

    June 1948

    Redesignated as B-26C.

    By 17 August 1950

    Transferred to 122nd Bombardment Squadron (ANG), New Orleans Lakefront Airport, LA.

    14 November 1950

    Damaged.
    Damaged in landing accident at New Orleans.

    4 January 1951

    Transferred to 424th Bomb Squadron (ANG), Langley AFB, VA.

    8 July 1954

    Transferred to 102nd Bomb Squadron (ANG), Floyd Bennett Field, NY.

    2 September 1957

    Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Flown to the museum.
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    Markings Applied: 0-435733
    Placed on display.

    31 May 1970


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At old USAF Museum site, Patterson Field, Fairborn, OH

    17 October 1970

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    29 February 1972


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At new USAF Museum site, shortly after move.

    Markings Applied: Dream Girl
    Painted to represent a B-26C operated during the Korean War by the 34th Bomb Squadron.


    Photographer: NMUSAF

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Displayed in Museum Annex building

    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Aviation Archaeology
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Johnathan Clayborn
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