64-17659

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B-26K-1 Invader
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Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company

On Mark Engineering

Operators: United States Air Force
Number Built: 40
First Built: Jan 1963 (YB-26K)

First test flight

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Type: Light Attack Bomber
Weight: 25,130 lbs empty

37,000 lbs loaded
39,250 lbs Maximum

Length: 51' 7 3/16" (inc. guns)
Height: 19' 0"
Wingspan: 71'6" (including wingtip tanks)
Wing Area: 540 Sq. Feet (50.17 m²)
Speed: 169 mph (cruising)
Max Speed: 323 mph
Ceiling: 28,600'
Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-103W
Horsepower: 2,500
Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons
Range: 700 miles w/3518 lbs payload

1,480 miles empty
2,700 miles (ferry)

Crew: 2
Passengers: 1
ARMAMENT
Nose Guns: 8x .50 caliber guns
Dorsal Turret: None
Ventral Turret: None
Payload: 8,000 lbs on wings

4,000 lbs internal

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See also: List of Invaders by Serial Number, Serial Numbers starting with 64

Converted from 41-39564.

Operational History

27 Nov 1964 - Accepted into USAF Inventory from OnMark Engineering Company at Van Nuys, CA. [1]
28 Nov 1964 - Assigned to 605th Air Commando Squadron at Howard AFB. [1]

18 Aug 1965 - Dropped from USAF Inventory due to accident. [2]

NOTE: This plane appears to have a discrepancy. The official inventory records for the USAF (Reel AVH-4) shows the plane as having been dropped from the Inventory due to an accident on 18 Aug 1965. However, Davis-Monthan has a partial record of receiving this plane from the 609th Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing, Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, but there are no dates listed. This would suggest that it was not destroyed in the Accident from Aug 1965, but merely damaged. The 609th wasnt formed until 15 Sep 1967, so if the plane was truly destroyed in 1965 it wouldn't have been listed as being part of this unit. But, on the AVH reels the plane is reported with a Termination code in 1965 and does not appear on the Inventory rolls after that point. Based on this, I believe the Davis-Monthan Records are in error.

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Accidents

18 Aug 1965

Crew

Unknown

Disposition

Unknown

Images

Sources

Databases searched:

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  • MACR -
  • KORWALD -
  • Baugher
  1. 1.0 1.1 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, Oct-Dec 1964" Reel AVH-2, Pg 599 USAFHRA
  2. "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1965" Reel AVH-4, Pg 1957 USAFHRA