41-39120

A-26B-10 Invader
Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company
Operators: United States Air Force
Number Built: 52 (20-DL, 32-DT)
First Built: Mar 1944
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Type: Light Attack Bomber
Wet Weight: 31,000 lbs
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
Powerplant: 2x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-27 OR 2x Ford R-2800-27
Horsepower: 2,000 each
Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons
Range:
Crew: 3
Passengers: 1
ARMAMENT
Nose Guns: 6x .50 Machine Guns
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

This aircraft was delivered to NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) to serve as a test plane. It was at NACA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, VA from Mar 14, 1944 to June 16, 1944.

After the NACA assignment, the plane was sent to Wright Field, OH.

Accidents

23 Feb 1945. Test Group. Pilot Dana L. Jones. In a landing accident due to mechanical failure at the Youngtown Municipal Airport in Ohio.

Crew

Jones, Dana L. (Pilot)

Disposition

Unknown

Images

41-39120 from the National Archives (NARA). This plane was assigned to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for research. Notice a the long antenna affixed to the left wing. Also, this plane has prop spinners, which production model planes did not have. The only planes that featured a prop spinner where the X-model prototypes, and other planes assigned to experimental testing, like this one. Also of note, this Invader has a 4-blade propeller - production model Invaders had 3 blades.

Sources

Databases searched:

• AAIR - One Entry
• MACR - No Entry
• KORWALD - No Entry
• Baugher