64-17641

B-26K-1 Invader
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

Was originally 44-35322.

Operational History

unknown

Participated in Operation Steel Tiger.

Served with 609th Special Operations Squadron.

Scott Thompson reports this plane as lost in action, December 1967. A 609th Crew Chief says it was sent to South Vietnam in 1969. I need to check the record.

Other reports say this plane was sent to South Vietnam for use as a training frame. It was blown up in Nha Trang in March of 1975 to prevent it falling into North Vietnamese hands.

Accidents

Unknown

Crew

Unknown.

Disposition

Destroyed (either shot down or scuttled)

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