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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:A-26A Counter Invader
    Last Military Serial:64-17666 USAF
    Construction Number:28762
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26C-35-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-35483.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-35483.

    By 1948

    Converted to a TB-26C.

    By 1948

    Transferred to 1st Technical Training Squadron, Biggs Field, TX.

    6 January 1948

    Damaged.
    Landing accident at Biggs Field due to mechanical failure.

    29 January 1965

    Converted to a B-26K by On Mark Engineering at Van Nuys, CA, USA.

    February 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-17666.

    Transferred to 1st Special Operations Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.

    1968

    Redesignated as A-26A.
    Redesignated as A-26A for basing in Thailand because they would not allow bombers based there.

    1968

    Deployed to Thailand for combat in South Vietnam.

    1970

    Transferred to MASDC, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ.

    1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1971

    Placed on display with 1 SOMSG/CD, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    1971

    To Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
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    From 1971 to 2002

    Displayed mounted on a plinth.

    2003

    Placed on display in an air park.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 August 2006

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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Archaeology
    Douglas A-26 Invader by Martin J Simpson
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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