41-39208

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A-26B-20 Invader
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Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company
Operators: United States Air Force
Number Built: 153 (99-DL, 54-DT)
First Built: Jul 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
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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Operational History

671st Bomb Squadron, 416th Bomb Group.

Rebuilt as B-26C after the crash.

Sent to Chile in 1957. It was branded with number 829.

Accidents

Feb 1945 - crashed on takeoff at Laon, France.

Crew

Unknown

Disposition

Unknown.

Images

This plane crashlanded just after takeoff, FEB 1945. The impact was so hard that pushed the landing gears through the plane.
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Sources

Databases searched:

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