43-22343

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A-26B-15 Invader
43-22343.jpg
Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company
Operators: United States Air Force
Number Built: 142 (56-DL, 86-DT)
First Built: May 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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See also: List of Invaders by Serial Number, Serial Numbers starting with 43


Operational History

unknown

Accidents

Unknown

Crew

Unknown

Disposition

Unknown.

Images

Images of 43-22343 as she appeared during WWII while assigned to the 386th Bombardment Group.
43-22343(1).JPG 43-22343 Color.jpg 43-22343. Greenland 1945.jpg

Images of 43-22343 as she appeared during the Korean in chronological order. Note that her gun-nose was swapped for a glass nose and then her flat-top canopy was swapped for a clamshell.
43-22343. 1950.jpg 43-22343 Iwakuna 51.jpg 44-35388 - Queen - 13thBS.jpg
43-22343-2.jpg 43-22343-1.jpg

Sources

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