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
- UNK - The first Invader productions models are delivered to the Air Force.
1944
JUNE
- 23 - 5th AF Invaders stationed in Japan attack Japanese-held islands near Manokwari. 1st Combat Mission in Pacific.
- 24 - 5th AF Invaders attack enemy positions East of Mokmer Airfield. 2nd Combat Mission in Pacific.
- 26 - 5th AF Invaders 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.
- 27 - 5th AF Invaders hit airfields, gun positions, and various other targets in or near Babo, Manokwari, Biak and Noemfoor Islands, Ransiki, Waren, and Moemi.
JULY
- 6 - Invaders of the 5th Air Force bomb the town and warehouse area of Yap Island and a few hit the airfield at Woleai Atoll.
Sources
Note: This source list is not exhaustive. Much of this list was compiled simply through cross-reference of existing records.
- Douglas A-26 Production List
- Individual Aircraft Record Cards
- Unit Diaries, Mission Briefings, and Service Member Records, including:
- 43rd Bomb Group (JUN & JUL 1944) transcribed online here: http://www.kensmen.com/chronology.html