Invader Timeline
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1941
- Douglas Aircraft Corporation Constructs a full-sized wood mock-up on the Invader to pitch to the Air Force. Two Prototypes are ordered, 41-19504 and 41-19505. A third prototype, 41-19588 is ordered later.
1942
JULY
- 10 - The first test flight of an Invader is completed at Mines Field, El Segundo, CA.
1943
- AUG - The first Invader productions models are delivered to the Air Force.
1944
JUNE
- 23 - Invaders of the 5th Air Force stationed in Japan attack Japanese-held islands near Manokwari. 1st Combat Mission in Pacific.
- 24 - Invaders of the 5th Air Force attack enemy positions East of Mokmer Airfield. 2nd Combat Mission in Pacific.
- 26 - Invaders of the 5th Air Force attack airfields, shipping, villages, town areas, roads, and numerous other targets at Efman, Noemfoor Island, Japen, and Biak Islands, at Manokwari and Ransiki, and near Sarmi.