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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:Marketeer
    Last Military Serial:44-34713 USAF
    Construction Number:27992
    Last Civil Registration:N706ME
    Latest Owner or Location:Tempest Llc, Reno, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26B-66-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, Califoria, USA.

    Circa July 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-34713.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-34713.

    June 1948

    Redesignated as B-26B.

    Circa November 1950

    Converted to a B-26C.
    Converted by Douglas Aircraft of Long Beach, CA.

    From 26 January 1954 to November 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de l Air with s/n 44-34713.
    Loaned to France for service in Indochina.

    10 November 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-34713.

    From 10 November 1955 to 1958

    Assigned to Clark AFB, Philippines for storage.
    Placed in open storage.

    Circa 1958

    To unknown owner with c/r N5538V.

    11 December 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL706ME (A-26B, 27992) issued.

    By 1960

    Starred in the film Cash McCall with James Garner.

    1960


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: At Chicago Midway

    1961

    To Star Flite Inc with new c/r N706ME.
    Operated with markings: Initiator V

    From 1963 to 1964

    To On Mark Engineering Co, Van Nuys, CA keeping c/r N706ME.

    From 1963 to 1964

    Converted to a Marketeer by On Mark Engineering at Van Nuys, Califoria, USA.

    From 1966 to 1972

    To W. R. Bailard, Ventura, CA with new c/r N36BB {2}.
    Operated with markings: Coastal Luck IV

    1974

    To Micky Rupp, Mansfield, OH with new c/r N26MR.

    January 1975

    To Sherman Aircraft Sales, West Palm Beach, FL keeping c/r N26MR.

    1975

    To Don Whittington, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N26WB.

    1977

    To A. S. Barber Inc, Kirksville, MO keeping c/r N26WB.

    14 July 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Ft.Lauderdale International - of a Douglas A-26/On-Mark A-26C Marksman

    1984

    To Don Whittington, Fort Lauderdale, FL keeping c/r N26WB.

    From 1984 to 1986

    To unknown owner with c/r N26WB.
    Sale reported to Danville, IL.

    Circa April 1984


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In FLL.

    March 1987

    To Mid South Aircraft Sales, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N26WB.

    July 1988

    To Wayne County Sheriff Department, Detroit, MI keeping c/r N26WB.

    From 1988 to 1992

    To National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY keeping c/r N26WB.
    Converted with 8-gun nose.

    22 June 1992


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the National Warplane Museum

    25 November 1992

    To Lane Ethridge/Nostalgia Inc, Denton-Hidden Valley Airpark, TX with new c/r N706ME.

    25 November 1992

    To Nostalgia Inc, Denton, TX keeping c/r N706ME.

    From 2002 to 2009

    At Las Cruces, NM still marked as N26WB.

    6 April 2004


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 2004 photo stored at Las Cruces

    1 January 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL706ME (A-26B, 27992) issued.

    Based at Southwest Aviation, Lac Cruces International Airport/Las Cruces Municipal Airport, Las Cruces, NM.
    Survives stored here.
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    7 February 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Photographed through a chain link fence.

    7 February 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Photographed through a chain link fence.

    7 February 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Photographed through a chain link fence.

    5 January 2022

    To unknown owner with c/r N706ME.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Reno, NV.

    5 January 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N706ME.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Reno, NV.

    13 May 2023

    To Tempest Llc, Reno, NV keeping c/r N706ME.


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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

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