64-17668

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

Converted from 44-34652.

Operational History

21 Jan 1965 - Accepted into USAF from OnMark at Van Nuys, CA
22 Jan 1965 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Eglin AFB.
17 Dec 1965 - 1st Air Commando Wing moved from Eglin AFB to England AFB.

Aug 1966 - Sent to Southeast Asia. Participated in Operation Steel Tiger. Assigned to 606th Special Operations Squadron.

22 Feb 1967 - Lost in action. Shot down by AA while strafing a convoy near Ban Thapachon in southern Laos. Plane made it back to Nakhon Phanom but starboard wing began to burn and crew bailed out. The crew survived and were picked up by helicopter.

Accidents

Unknown

Crew

Unknown

Disposition

Lost 22 Feb 1967.

Sources

Databases searched:

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• MACR -
• KORWALD -
• Baugher