http://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Category%3AB-26NCategory:B-26N - Revision history2026-07-22T01:22:36ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.0http://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8705&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 00:07, 25 June 20222022-06-25T00:07:58Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N was a highly modified, specialized aircraft that was in service with the French Army Air Force. Only 8 aircraft were modified to this type. In 1961, the French Air Force’s L’Escadrille de Chasse de Nuit 1/71 (Night Fighter Squadron 1/71), or ECN 1/71 took possession of the 8x B-26Ns. The primary task of the B-26N was to shoot down planes that were supplying arms and equipment to the National Liberation Front rebels in Algeria. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N was a highly modified, specialized aircraft that was in service with the French Army Air Force. Only 8 aircraft were modified to this type. In 1961, the French Air Force’s L’Escadrille de Chasse de Nuit 1/71 (Night Fighter Squadron 1/71), or ECN 1/71 took possession of the 8x B-26Ns. The primary task of the B-26N was to shoot down planes that were supplying arms and equipment to the National Liberation Front rebels in Algeria. </div></td></tr>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8703&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 23:01, 9 June 20222022-06-09T23:01:39Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N was a highly modified, specialized aircraft that was in service with the French Army Air Force. Only 8 aircraft were modified to this type. In 1961, the French Air Force’s L’Escadrille de Chasse de Nuit 1/71 (Night Fighter Squadron 1/71), or ECN 1/71 took possession of the 8x B-26Ns. The primary task of the B-26N was to shoot down planes that were supplying arms and equipment to the National Liberation Front rebels in Algeria. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N was a highly modified, specialized aircraft that was in service with the French Army Air Force. Only 8 aircraft were modified to this type. In 1961, the French Air Force’s L’Escadrille de Chasse de Nuit 1/71 (Night Fighter Squadron 1/71), or ECN 1/71 took possession of the 8x B-26Ns. The primary task of the B-26N was to shoot down planes that were supplying arms and equipment to the National Liberation Front rebels in Algeria. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the supply lines to Algeria came by way of Tunisia. The French erected an elaborate ground-based system that used razor wire, ditches, and mines stretching all up and down the Algerian border to stop enemies supplies from getting through via the ground, but aviators could just fly over the defenses. French Naval Radar stations could see the intruding aircraft but couldn't direct friendly forces to intercept. In response, the French hastily built two flying radar platforms out of Dassault MD 315 Flammant transports, each mounted with aerial radars. The unarmed planes had a slow speed - 168 mph - and a very limited range of about 650 miles. A longer-term solution was needed. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the supply lines to Algeria came by way of Tunisia. The French erected an elaborate ground-based system that used razor wire, ditches, and mines stretching all up and down the Algerian border to stop enemies supplies from getting through via the ground, but aviators could just fly over the defenses. French Naval Radar stations could see the intruding aircraft but couldn't direct friendly forces to intercept. In response, the French hastily built two flying radar platforms out of Dassault MD 315 Flammant transports, each mounted with aerial radars. The unarmed planes had a slow speed - 168 mph - and a very limited range of about 650 miles. A longer-term solution was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sorely </ins>needed. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1951, France had begun to receive B-26s from the United States in a lend-lease program as part of a military aid package. The French Air Force received more than 200 airframes. The first use of the French Invaders was in Indochina and then in Algeria. The Invaders had a maximum speed of over 350 miles per hour and could carry up to 8,000 pounds of bombs and rockets in an internal bay and on racks under the wings. Depending on the particular load-out, the Invader could fly up to 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel. This was a much-needed improvement over the Flammant transports that the French were using as Night Fighters. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1951, France had begun to receive B-26s from the United States in a lend-lease program as part of a military aid package. The French Air Force received more than 200 airframes. The first use of the French Invaders was in Indochina and then in Algeria. The Invaders had a maximum speed of over 350 miles per hour and could carry up to 8,000 pounds of bombs and rockets in an internal bay and on racks under the wings. Depending on the particular load-out, the Invader could fly up to 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel. This was a much-needed improvement over the Flammant transports that the French were using as Night Fighters. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what has been described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what has been described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td></tr>
</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8702&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 23:00, 9 June 20222022-06-09T23:00:59Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In addition to the bomb loadout, the aircraft typically had two turrets, each with a pair of .50 caliber machine guns and many of the models received by the French had three more in each wing. The B-26B models had solid noses with either six or eight more Brownings. With the eight-gun nose and the internal wing guns, these aircraft could tear apart ground targets with 14 guns in total. The top turret could not be used in ground attacks due to revisions made to the cockpit during production. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In addition to the bomb loadout, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">standard B-26 </ins>aircraft typically had two turrets, each with a pair of .50 caliber machine guns and many of the models received by the French had three more in each wing. The B-26B models had solid noses with either six or eight more Brownings. With the eight-gun nose and the internal wing guns, these aircraft could tear apart ground targets with 14 guns in total. The top turret could not be used in ground attacks due to revisions made to the cockpit during production. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td></tr>
</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8701&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 22:56, 9 June 20222022-06-09T22:56:11Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N was a highly modified, specialized aircraft that was in service with the French Army Air Force. Only 8 aircraft were modified to this type. In 1961, the French Air Force’s L’Escadrille de Chasse de Nuit 1/71 (Night Fighter Squadron 1/71), or ECN 1/71 took possession of the 8x B-26Ns. The primary task of the B-26N was to shoot down planes that were supplying arms and equipment to the National Liberation Front rebels in Algeria <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(usually by way of Tunisia)</del>. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N was a highly modified, specialized aircraft that was in service with the French Army Air Force. Only 8 aircraft were modified to this type. In 1961, the French Air Force’s L’Escadrille de Chasse de Nuit 1/71 (Night Fighter Squadron 1/71), or ECN 1/71 took possession of the 8x B-26Ns. The primary task of the B-26N was to shoot down planes that were supplying arms and equipment to the National Liberation Front rebels in Algeria. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the supply lines to Algeria came by way of Tunisia. The French erected an elaborate ground-based system to stop enemies supplies from getting through via the ground, but aviators could just fly over the defenses. French Naval Radar stations could see the intruding aircraft but couldn't direct friendly forces to intercept. In response, the French hastily built two flying radar platforms out of Dassault MD 315 Flammant transports, each mounted with aerial radars. The unarmed planes had a slow speed - 168 mph - and a very limited range of about 650 miles. A longer-term solution was needed. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the supply lines to Algeria came by way of Tunisia. The French erected an elaborate ground-based system <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that used razor wire, ditches, and mines stretching all up and down the Algerian border </ins>to stop enemies supplies from getting through via the ground, but aviators could just fly over the defenses. French Naval Radar stations could see the intruding aircraft but couldn't direct friendly forces to intercept. In response, the French hastily built two flying radar platforms out of Dassault MD 315 Flammant transports, each mounted with aerial radars. The unarmed planes had a slow speed - 168 mph - and a very limited range of about 650 miles. A longer-term solution was needed. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1951, France had begun to receive B-26s from the United States in a lend-lease program as part of a military aid package. The French Air Force received more than 200 airframes. The first use of the French Invaders was in Indochina and then in Algeria. The Invaders had a maximum speed of over 350 miles per hour and could carry up to 8,000 pounds of bombs and rockets in an internal bay and on racks under the wings. Depending on the particular load-out, the Invader could fly up to 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel. This was a much-needed improvement over the Flammant transports that the French were using as Night Fighters. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1951, France had begun to receive B-26s from the United States in a lend-lease program as part of a military aid package. The French Air Force received more than 200 airframes. The first use of the French Invaders was in Indochina and then in Algeria. The Invaders had a maximum speed of over 350 miles per hour and could carry up to 8,000 pounds of bombs and rockets in an internal bay and on racks under the wings. Depending on the particular load-out, the Invader could fly up to 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel. This was a much-needed improvement over the Flammant transports that the French were using as Night Fighters. </div></td></tr>
</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8700&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 22:47, 9 June 20222022-06-09T22:47:16Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the piece in Chandelle </del>described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has been </ins>described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The French Air Force conducted 15 test & evaluation missions to ensure that the A1-Mk. 10 Radar was working correctly. The final test flight of the set also included a live-fire test of the SNEB rocket launcher, which was fired at night using the radar lock, at a target towed behind a B-26. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The French Air Force conducted 15 test & evaluation missions to ensure that the A1-Mk. 10 Radar was working correctly. The final test flight of the set also included a live-fire test of the SNEB rocket launcher, which was fired at night using the radar lock, at a target towed behind a B-26. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The efficacy of the B-26N has been debated. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">According to Chandelle, the </del>B-26Ns intercepted nearly 40 small planes and helicopters and shot down only nine. It's unclear whether the remaining 31 intercepts turned out to be false tracks, friendly aircraft, or simply enemies that managed to evade the Night Fighters. It is also impossible to independently verify this, as the article doesn’t give a source for that information. By most accounts, once the B-26Ns were finally operational in this role, the number and frequency of these resupply flights was already diminishing so they encountered a scarcity of targets. It's been argued that in a target-rich environment, the B-26N would have been more effective. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The efficacy of the B-26N has been debated. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>B-26Ns intercepted nearly 40 small planes and helicopters and shot down only nine. It's unclear whether the remaining 31 intercepts turned out to be false tracks, friendly aircraft, or simply enemies that managed to evade the Night Fighters. It is also impossible to independently verify this, as the article doesn’t give a source for that information. By most accounts, once the B-26Ns were finally operational in this role, the number and frequency of these resupply flights was already diminishing so they encountered a scarcity of targets. It's been argued that in a target-rich environment, the B-26N would have been more effective. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The debate over their effectiveness became irrelevant not too long after they were put into action. In 1961, secret negotiations began between the French administration and the Algerian rebels. A group of French officers attempted a coup, but they failed to overthrow the French leadership or force a change in policy. On Feb. 20, 1962, France and the Algerian rebels entered into a peace accord that would ultimately lead to Algerian independence. French forces began to return home after that, and hostilities ceased in March. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The debate over their effectiveness became irrelevant not too long after they were put into action. In 1961, secret negotiations began between the French administration and the Algerian rebels. A group of French officers attempted a coup, but they failed to overthrow the French leadership or force a change in policy. On Feb. 20, 1962, France and the Algerian rebels entered into a peace accord that would ultimately lead to Algerian independence. French forces began to return home after that, and hostilities ceased in March. </div></td></tr>
</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8699&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 22:46, 9 June 20222022-06-09T22:46:06Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. There is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of at least one </del>of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what the piece in Chandelle described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what the piece in Chandelle described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The French Air Force conducted 15 test & evaluation missions to ensure that the A1-Mk. 10 Radar was working correctly. The final test flight of the set also included a live-fire test of the SNEB rocket launcher, which was fired at night using the radar lock, at a target towed behind a B-26. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The French Air Force conducted 15 test & evaluation missions to ensure that the A1-Mk. 10 Radar was working correctly. The final test flight of the set also included a live-fire test of the SNEB rocket launcher, which was fired at night using the radar lock, at a target towed behind a B-26. </div></td></tr>
</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8698&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 18:51, 9 June 20222022-06-09T18:51:46Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Reportedly, there </del>is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The B-26N Invaders received a custom-built housing made by French Engineers, which contained a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These radars had been pulled from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a jet night fighter, and was too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving, small cargo-carrying aircraft. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">There </ins>is at least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of at least one of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what the piece in Chandelle described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The modifications to the B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of the space inside of the nose of the aircraft, and as a result, the upgraded Invaders lost their nose gun armament. Instead, the B-26Ns carried a single gun pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of at least one of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what the piece in Chandelle described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The efficacy of the B-26N has been debated. According to Chandelle, the B-26Ns intercepted nearly 40 small planes and helicopters and shot down only nine. It's unclear whether the remaining 31 intercepts turned out to be false tracks, friendly aircraft, or simply enemies that managed to evade the Night Fighters. It is also impossible to independently verify this, as the article doesn’t give a source for that information. By most accounts, once the B-26Ns were finally operational in this role, the number and frequency of these resupply flights was already diminishing so they encountered a scarcity of targets. It's been argued that in a target-rich environment, the B-26N would have been more effective. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The efficacy of the B-26N has been debated. According to Chandelle, the B-26Ns intercepted nearly 40 small planes and helicopters and shot down only nine. It's unclear whether the remaining 31 intercepts turned out to be false tracks, friendly aircraft, or simply enemies that managed to evade the Night Fighters. It is also impossible to independently verify this, as the article doesn’t give a source for that information. By most accounts, once the B-26Ns were finally operational in this role, the number and frequency of these resupply flights was already diminishing so they encountered a scarcity of targets. It's been argued that in a target-rich environment, the B-26N would have been more effective. </div></td></tr>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8697&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 15:47, 9 June 20222022-06-09T15:47:46Z<p></p>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://claybornglobal.com/IHF/index.php?title=Category:B-26N&diff=8696&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 14:46, 9 June 20222022-06-09T14:46:17Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the supply lines to Algeria came by way of Tunisia. The French erected an elaborate ground-based system to stop enemies supplies from getting through via the ground, but aviators could just fly over the defenses. French Naval Radar stations could see the intruding aircraft but couldn't direct friendly forces to intercept. In response, the French hastily built two flying radar platforms out of Dassault MD 315 Flammant transports, each mounted with aerial radars. The unarmed planes had a slow speed - 168 mph - and a very limited range of about 650 miles. A longer-term solution was needed. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the supply lines to Algeria came by way of Tunisia. The French erected an elaborate ground-based system to stop enemies supplies from getting through via the ground, but aviators could just fly over the defenses. French Naval Radar stations could see the intruding aircraft but couldn't direct friendly forces to intercept. In response, the French hastily built two flying radar platforms out of Dassault MD 315 Flammant transports, each mounted with aerial radars. The unarmed planes had a slow speed - 168 mph - and a very limited range of about 650 miles. A longer-term solution was needed. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1951, France had begun to receive B-26s as part of military aid <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">packages from the United States</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ultimately, America delivered </del>more than 200 of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aircraft to </del>French <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forces, who flew them first </del>in Indochina and then in Algeria. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aircraft came with a good combat reputation from service during both World War II and the Korean War. The twin-engine light bombers </del>had a maximum speed of over 350 miles per hour and could carry up to 8,000 pounds of bombs and rockets in an internal bay and on racks under the wings. Depending on the particular load-out, the Invader could fly up to 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1951, France had begun to receive B-26s <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from the United States in a lend-lease program </ins>as part of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>military aid <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">package</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The French Air Force received </ins>more than 200 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">airframes. The first use </ins>of the French <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Invaders was </ins>in Indochina and then in Algeria. The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Invaders </ins>had a maximum speed of over 350 miles per hour and could carry up to 8,000 pounds of bombs and rockets in an internal bay and on racks under the wings. Depending on the particular load-out, the Invader could fly up to 1,400 miles on a single tank of fuel<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. This was a much-needed improvement over the Flammant transports that the French were using as Night Fighters</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On top of that</del>, the aircraft had two <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remote-controlled </del>turrets, each with a pair of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Browning </del>.50 caliber machine guns and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">late production </del>models had three more in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the root of </del>each wing. The B-26B models had solid noses with either six or eight more Brownings. With the eight-gun nose and the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">top turret pointed forward</del>, these aircraft could tear apart ground targets with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">16 </del>guns in total.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In addition to the bomb loadout</ins>, the aircraft <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">typically </ins>had two turrets, each with a pair of .50 caliber machine guns and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">many of the </ins>models <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">received by the French </ins>had three more in each wing. The B-26B models had solid noses with either six or eight more Brownings. With the eight-gun nose and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">internal wing guns</ins>, these aircraft could tear apart ground targets with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">14 </ins>guns in total<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The top turret could not be used in ground attacks due to revisions made to the cockpit during production</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">French technicians </del>built <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a new nose for the Invader </del>housing a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">systems </del>had <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">come </del>from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These first-generation </del>jet night <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fighters would have been </del>too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving small cargo-carrying aircraft. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">At </del>least one picture <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exists </del>of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The B-26N Invaders received a custom-</ins>built housing <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">made by French Engineers, which contained </ins>a British Mk. X air intercept radar. These <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">radars </ins>had <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">been pulled </ins>from ECN 1/71’s Gloster Meteor NF.11s, which France had bought from the United Kingdom after World War II. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">While capable aircraft, the Meteor was a </ins>jet night <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fighter, and was </ins>too fast and fuel hungry to scour the rugged Algeria-Tunisia border for protracted periods of time while hunting relatively slow-moving<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>small cargo-carrying aircraft. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Reportedly, there is at </ins>least one picture of a formation with a French Meteor NF.11, a B-26N, and one of the radar-equipped Flamants.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">But with </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sensor taking up all </del>the space <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </del>the nose, the upgraded Invaders lost their <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">main </del>gun armament. Instead, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">each </del>B-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26N </del>carried a pod under each wing, each housing a pair of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Browning </del>.50 caliber machine guns. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what the piece in Chandelle described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The modifications to </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">B-26N were not without cost. The aerial radars occupied much of </ins>the space <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">inside of </ins>the nose <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the aircraft, and as a result</ins>, the upgraded Invaders lost their <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nose </ins>gun armament. Instead, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>B-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26Ns </ins>carried a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">single gun </ins>pod under each wing, each housing a pair of .50 caliber machine guns<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. This is an interesting choice because the Invader could not have internal wing guns and gun pods at the same time, it was either one of the other. This is due to the fact that the ammo for the gun pod is stored inside of the wing, right in the place where the internal wing guns are installed. Photos of at least one of the B-26Ns show that both turrets were also removed. This means that the B-26N carried a stripped-down armament of only 4x .50 caliber machine guns total, and only in a forward-facing firing position, like a fighter</ins>. In addition, each aircraft had a pair of 68mm SNEB rocket pods. The result was what the piece in Chandelle described as a “special colonial night fighter.”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It’s not clear how effective </del>the B-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26Ns actually were in their unique role</del>. According to Chandelle, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">night</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fighting Invaders found </del>nearly 40 small planes and helicopters and shot down nine. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">We don’t know </del>whether the remaining intercepts turned out to be false tracks <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or </del>friendly aircraft <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>the article doesn’t give a source for that information. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">“By the time that </del>the B-26Ns <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">became </del>operational, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">supply aircraft coming in from </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tunisian side </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the border were increasingly rare, and only </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">few interceptions were made,” aviation enthusiast Joe Baugher noted </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his well</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">researched look into French </del>B-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26 operations</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The efficacy of </ins>the B-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26N has been debated</ins>. According to Chandelle, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">B</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26Ns intercepted </ins>nearly 40 small planes and helicopters and shot down <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only </ins>nine. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It's unclear </ins>whether the remaining <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">31 </ins>intercepts turned out to be false tracks<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>friendly aircraft<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, or simply enemies that managed to evade the Night Fighters. It is also impossible to independently verify this, as </ins>the article doesn’t give a source for that information. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">By most accounts, once </ins>the B-26Ns <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were finally </ins>operational <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this role</ins>, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">number and frequency </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these resupply flights was already diminishing so they encountered </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">scarcity of targets. It's been argued that </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a target</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rich environment, the </ins>B-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26N would have been more effective</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The effectiveness <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the modified Invaders quickly </del>became <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">moot</del>. In 1961, the French administration <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under Charles De Gaulle had begun secret negotiations with the FLN </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was moving to end </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fighting</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This move prompted a </del>group of French officers <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to attempt </del>a coup, but they failed to overthrow <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">De Gaulle </del>or force a change in policy. On Feb. 20, 1962, France and the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">FLN agreed to </del>a peace accord that would <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pave the way for </del>Algerian independence. French forces began to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">evacuate their bases and </del>return home and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the war came to a formal halt the next month</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">debate over their </ins>effectiveness became <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">irrelevant not too long after they were put into action</ins>. In 1961, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">secret negotiations began between </ins>the French administration and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Algerian rebels</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A </ins>group of French officers <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">attempted </ins>a coup, but they failed to overthrow <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the French leadership </ins>or force a change in policy. On Feb. 20, 1962, France and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Algerian rebels entered into </ins>a peace accord that would <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ultimately lead to </ins>Algerian independence. French forces began to return home <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">after that, </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hostilities ceased in March</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In </del>1962, the French Air also began to retire all of its B-26s, including the N models. Only four examples of any kind ended up in French museums, with the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rest going </del>to the scrapyard or the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">second-hand </del>market.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Simultaneously, in </ins>1962, the French Air <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Force </ins>also began to retire all <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the rest </ins>of its B-26s, including the N models. Only four examples of any kind ended up in French museums, with the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">majority being returned to the US in accordance with their initial lend-lease agreement. Of those that came back to the US, most went </ins>to the scrapyard or the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">civilian </ins>market.</div></td></tr>
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