41-39119

A-26B-5 Invader
Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company
Operators: United States Air Force
Number Built: 30 (15-DT, 15-DL)
First Built: Dec 1943
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Type: Light Attack Bomber
Wet Weight: 31,000 lb
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 (6,700 m)
Powerplant: 2x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-27
Horsepower: 2,000 each
Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons 125 Gallon tank in bomb bay
Range:
Crew: 2
Passengers: 1
ARMAMENT
Nose Guns: 1x 75mm Cannon
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

Operational History

It was received by the USAAF Mar 1944.

Delivered Long Beach to NAS Alameda, CA. Dismantled for shipping.

6 May 1944 Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Finschhafen, New Guinea. Assembled and flown to Nadzab, New Guinea. 3rd Bomb Group, Hollandia, New Guinea.

Jun 1944 - Combat evaluation

28 Jun 1945 - Declared obsolete. This plane was abandoned overseas.

Accidents

4 Mar 1945. 455th Support Squadron, 8th Support Group/455t. Raymond H Oatley (Pilot). Crashed Belly Landing upon returning to Nadzab AF after evaluation mission.

Crew

Oatley, Raymond H. (Pilot)

Disposition

Unknown

Images

41-39119 pictured at Hollandia in the summer of 1944. The dark red stripe at the top of the tail denotes it as a 13th Bombardment Squadron plane.

Sources

Databases searched:

• AAIR - One Entry
• MACR - No Entry
• KORWALD - No Entry
• Baugher