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*UNK - The first Invader productions models are delivered to the Air Force. | *UNK - The first Invader productions models are delivered to the Air Force. | ||
*24 - The first production model Invader, [[41-39100]], less than a month in Air Force inventory, is involved in an accident at Wright Field, OH. Another pilot in a De Haviland Mosquito crashed into this plane while it was parked. The | *24 - The first production model Invader, [[41-39100]], less than a month in Air Force inventory, is involved in an accident at Wright Field, OH. Another pilot in a De Haviland Mosquito crashed into this plane while it was parked. The pilot survived. | ||
==1944== | ==1944== |
Revision as of 03:40, 6 August 2018
1941
- Douglas Aircraft Corporation Constructs a full-sized wood mock-up on the Invader to pitch to the Air Force. Two Prototypes are ordered, 41-19504 and 41-19505. A third prototype, 41-19588 is ordered later.
1942
JULY
- 10 - The first test flight of an Invader is completed at Mines Field, El Segundo, CA.
1943
SEP
- UNK - The first Invader productions models are delivered to the Air Force.
- 24 - The first production model Invader, 41-39100, less than a month in Air Force inventory, is involved in an accident at Wright Field, OH. Another pilot in a De Haviland Mosquito crashed into this plane while it was parked. The pilot survived.
1944
JUNE
- 23 - 5th AF Invaders stationed in Japan attack Japanese-held islands near Manokwari. 1st Combat Mission in Pacific.
- 24 - 5th AF Invaders attack enemy positions East of Mokmer Airfield. 2nd Combat Mission in Pacific.
- 26 - 5th AF Invaders attack airfields, shipping, villages, town areas, roads, and numerous other targets at Efman, Noemfoor Island, Japen, and Biak Islands, at Manokwari and Ransiki, and near Sarmi.
- 27 - 5th AF Invaders hit airfields, gun positions, and various other targets in or near Babo, Manokwari, Biak and Noemfoor Islands, Ransiki, Waren, and Moemi.
JULY
- 6 - 5th AF Invaders bomb the town and warehouse area of Yap Island and a few hit the airfield at Woleai Atoll.
- 11 - Despite several accidents by this point, none had been fatal until now. A stateside Invader assigned to a training unit of the 3rd Air Force, 43-22253, crashed 1.5 miles west of Portland, ME. The pilot was Phillip I. Russell.
SEPTEMBER
- UNK - 18 Invaders are delivered to the 553rd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group, 9th AF.
- 6 - 553rd BS flies first of 8 evaluation missions in the Invader.
NOVEMBER
- 17 - 416th Bomb Group fully converted to Invaders, flies first Invader combat mission.
- "Late" - 409th Bomb Group fully converted to Invaders.
DECEMBER
- 24 - The first Invader is shot down in combat. 41-39242 of the 669th Bomb Squadron, 416th Bomb Group. The plane was shot down in Germany. Pilot was Reece B. Robertson.
1945
JANUARY
- UNK - 47th Bomb Group, 12th AF converts to Invaders.
Sources
Note: This source list is not exhaustive. Much of this list was compiled simply through cross-reference of existing records.
- Douglas A-26 Production List
- Individual Aircraft Record Cards
- Unit Diaries, Mission Briefings, and Service Member Records, including:
- 43rd Bomb Group (JUN & JUL 1944) transcribed online here: http://www.kensmen.com/chronology.html