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Constructed as an A-26B-56-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, Califoria, USA. |
4 June 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-34423. |
4 June 1945 |
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To 4127th AAF Base Unit, McClellen AAF, CA.
Delivered directly to storage. |
February 1949 |
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Transferred to Sacramento Air Materiel Command, McClellan AAF. |
From February 1949 to 1953 |
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Redesignated as B-26B. |
April 1951 |
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To Ogden Air Materiel Area, Hill AFB, UT.
It was here that this aircraft was converted to B-26C and prepared for delivery to the Far East Air Force for the Korean War. |
April 1951 |
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Converted to a B-26C. |
May 1951 |
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Transferred to 3rd Bombardment Wing (Light), FEAF, Iwakuni AB, Japan. |
July 1951 |
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Transferred to 13th Aircraft Repair Station, FEAF, Tachikawa AB, Japan. |
August 1951 |
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Transferred to 452nd Bombardment Wing (Light), FEAF, Pusan AB, Korea and Miho AB, Japan. |
May 1952 |
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Transferred to 17th Bombardment Wing (Light), FEAF, Pusan AB, Korea and Miho AB, Japan. |
March 1953 |
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Transferred to 6408th Maintenance Support Group, FEAF, Kisarazu AB, Japan. |
May 1953 |
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To San Francisco, CA.
Returned to the United States. |
July 1953 |
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Transferred to Ogden Materiel Area, Hill AFB, UT. |
April 1954 |
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Transferred to 184th Reconnaissance (Tactical) Squadron, Arkansas ANG, Fort Smith MAP, AR. |
November 1956 |
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Transferred to 180th Bomber (Tactical) Squadron, Missouri ANG, Rosecrans MAP, MO. |
July 1957 |
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Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC). |
By 1958 |
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To Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, CA.
OVerhaul. |
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Converted to a B-26B. |
June 1958 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
October 1960 |
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To Stahmann Farms, Las Cruces, NM.
Initially delivered to Hamilton Aircraft at Tucson, Arizona for removal of military equipment. |
October 1960 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N9594Z issued. |
January 1961 |
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To new airfield at Stahmann Farms. Used as a corporate transport and to protect pecan crops from spring and fall frosts. Converted as a long-range Cold War escape vehicle to Peru with addition of nose fuel cell, On Mark tip tanks, spar and leading edge reinforcements, cabin seats, toilet and lighting and ventilation systems. Little used after 1965. |
1972 |
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To Victor Newman, El Paso, TX.
Suffered two in-flight engine failures while owned by Newman. |
10 December 1974 |
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Civil registration, N9594Z, cancelled. |
1974 |
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Converted to a STOL 26 by Lynch Air Tankers at Billings, Montana, USA. |
1974 |
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To Conair Aviation, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Flew as a forest fire control airtanker for the 1975 fire season. |
1974 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for C-GHLI issued. |
1 July 1984 |
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Damaged.
Damaged by fire Jul 1, 1984 at Williams Lake air tanker base during a fuel pump change. Was sent to local scrap yard. |
1990 |
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To Aero Nostalgia, Stockton, CA.
Static rebuild as a B-26C for Fairchild Heritage Foundation, Fairchild AFB, Washington. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
By 1998 |
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To Fairchild AFB, Spokane, WA.
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Loaned to 92 MXS/MXMFS, Fairchild AFB, WA. |
27 July 2022 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin |
27 July 2022 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin |
27 July 2022 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin |
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