41-39119
| A-26B-5 Invader | |||
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| Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company | |||
| Operators: United States Air Force | |||
| Number Built: 30 (15-DT, 15-DL) | |||
| First Built: Dec 1943 | |||
| GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | |||
| Type: Light Attack Bomber | |||
| Wet Weight: 31,000 lb | |||
| Length: 50' 9" (with guns) 49' 11" (without guns) | |||
| Height: 18' 6" (5.64 m) | |||
| Wingspan: 70' (21.34 m) | |||
| Wing Area: 540 Sq. Feet (50.17 m²) | |||
| Speed: 212 mph | |||
| Max Speed: 370 mph | |||
| Ceiling: 31,300 feet (6,700 m) | |||
| Powerplant: 2x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-27 | |||
| Horsepower: 2,000 each | |||
| Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons 125 Gallon tank in bomb bay | |||
| Range: | |||
| Crew: 2 | |||
| Passengers: 1 | |||
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Nose Guns: 1x 75mm Cannon | |||
| Dorsal Turret: 2x .50 Machine Guns | |||
| Ventral Turret: 2x .50 Machine Guns | |||
| Payload: 4,000 lbs internal 2,000 lbs wing points | |||
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See also: List of Invaders by Serial Number
Operational History
It was received by the USAAF Mar 1944.
Delivered Long Beach to NAS Alameda, CA. Dismantled for shipping.
6 May 1944 Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Finschhafen, New Guinea. Assembled and flown to Nadzab, New Guinea. 3rd Bomb Group, Hollandia, New Guinea.
Jun 1944 - Combat evaluation
28 Jun 1945 - Declared obsolete. This plane was abandoned overseas.
Accidents
4 Mar 1945. 455th Support Squadron, 8th Support Group/455t. Raymond H Oatley (Pilot). Crashed Belly Landing upon returning to Nadzab AF after evaluation mission.
Crew
Oatley, Raymond H. (Pilot)
Disposition
Unknown
Images
41-39119 pictured at Hollandia in the summer of 1944. The dark red stripe at the top of the tail denotes it as a 13th Bombardment Squadron plane.
Sources
Databases searched:
- AAIR - One Entry
- MACR - No Entry
- KORWALD - No Entry
- Baugher