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Rafael "El Huevo" Garcia Pujon (Pilot) - Congo<ref name="Capote">Capote, Vicente Blanco (2011) ''The Makasis''. Scribd. https://www.scribd.com/document/69193132/The-Makasis-2</ref><br> | Rafael "El Huevo" Garcia Pujon (Pilot) - Congo<ref name="Capote">Capote, Vicente Blanco (2011) ''The Makasis''. Scribd. https://www.scribd.com/document/69193132/The-Makasis-2</ref><br> | ||
Maj. [[James Sizemore]] (Pilot) - KIA <br> | Maj. [[James Elmo Sizemore]] (Pilot) - KIA <br> | ||
Maj. [[Howard Andre]] (Nav) - KIA | Maj. [[Howard Vincent Andre Jr.]] (Nav) - KIA | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:29, 17 February 2021
| B-26K-1 Invader | |||
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| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 converted from 44-35375.
This plane was the last Counter Invader lost during combat operations.
Operational History
12 Aug 1964 - Accepted into USAF Inventory from OnMark Engineering Company at Van Nuys, CA. [1]
13 Aug 1964 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Hurlburt Field. [1]
18 Aug 1964 - sent to Congo to participate in CIA operation Anstalt Wigmo. Had RF646 and later FR-646 on the tail. [2]
8 Jan 1965 - Assigned to Logistics Command at Hill AFB as part of a Lease/Loan program. [3]
Note: The Lease/Loan program is the CIA operation Anstalt Wingmo. This record suggest that the CIA received the plane on 8 Jan 1965, but Hellstrom and Hagedorn propose 18 Aug 1964.
27 Jul 1966 - Aircraft designation changed from B-26K to A-26A. [4] Note: This plane is still assigned to Hill AFB and is still reported as being part of Lend/Lease, which is the cover for the CIA operation Anstalt Wigmo.
23 Mar 1967 - Assigned to Sacramento Air Material Area (SMAAR) at McLellan AFB [5]
31 May 1967 - Still at SMAAR, undergoing maintenance and repair work. [5]
20 Jul 1967 - Assigned to 634th Combat Support Group at Nakhon Phanom Air Base. [5]
6 Aug 1967 - Assigned to 56th Air Commando Wing at Nakhon Phanom Air Base. [5]
20 Dec 1967 - Assigned to Sacramento Air Material Area (SMAAR) [5]
23 Dec 1967 - Assigned o 56th Air Commando Wing at Nakhon Phanom Air Base. [5]
28 Dec 1967 - Underwent maintenance with 56th Air Commando Wing at Nakhon Phanom.[5]
3 Jan 1968 - Returned to Combat Status with 56th Air Commando Wing at Nakhon Phanom. [5]
19 Jan 1968 - Maintenance with 56th Air Commando Wing at Nakhon Phanom Air Base. [6]
8 Feb 1968 - Returned to Combat Status with 56th Air Commando Wing at Nakhon Phanom. [6]
2 Aug 1968 - 56th Air Commando Wing renamed to 56th Special Operations Wing. [6]
5 Apr 1969 - 56th Special Operations Wing at Nakhon Phanom Air Base. [7]
8 Jul 1969 - Dropped from inventory due to loss during combat. [6] Hit hillside during strafing run in southern "Barrel Roll" area of SVN. 2 KIA.
Last A-26 lost in Southeast Asia operations by US. Also last A-26 to be lost by American forces during combat operations.
Accidents
Approx. 1966 belly landed in the Congo after taking enemy ground fire.
Crew
Rafael "El Huevo" Garcia Pujon (Pilot) - Congo[8]
Maj. James Elmo Sizemore (Pilot) - KIA
Maj. Howard Vincent Andre Jr. (Nav) - KIA
Disposition
Lost in action Jul 1969.
Images
Sources
Databases searched:
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- MACR -
- Baugher
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, Jun-Oct 1964" Reel AVH-1, Pg 1180 USAFHRA
- ↑ Hellstrom, Leif & Hagedorn, Dan. (1994) Foreign Invaders: The Douglas Invader in Foreign Military and US Clandestine Service Voyager Press, ISBN-13 : 978-1857800135
- ↑ "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1965" Reel AVH-4, Pg 1957 USAFHRA
- ↑ "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1966" Reel AVH-6, Pg 1944 USAFHRA
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1967" Reel AVH-8, Pg 2748-2749 USAFHRA
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1968" Reel AVH-10, Pg 2369 USAFHRA
- ↑ "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1969" Reel AVH-13, Pg 2202 USAFHRA
- ↑ Capote, Vicente Blanco (2011) The Makasis. Scribd. https://www.scribd.com/document/69193132/The-Makasis-2