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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:JDB-26C Invader
    Last Military Serial:43-22494 USAAF
    Construction Number:18641
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26C-20-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    24 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-22494.

    1948

    Redesignated as B-26C.

    January 1949

    Converted to an EB-26C.

    Redesignated as EDB-26C.

    April 1955

    Redesignated as JDB-26C.

    August 1958

    Assigned to MASDC, Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    December 1960

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: 3494, BC-494

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 322494, 01
    Finished in the markings of the 319th Bomb Group, Okinawa, in 1945.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger


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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
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Johnny Comstedt

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