64-17644

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 converted from 44-35451

Called "Cachita" and "Shit House Mouse" during operations in the Congo.

Operational History

18 Aug 1964 - sent to Congo to participate in CIA operation Anstalt Wigmo. Carried the tail letters RF644 and later FR-644.

Jan 1967 - returned to the US.

Nov 1967 - sent to southeast Asia. Served with 609th Special Operations Squadron.

Participated in Operation Steel Tiger

Nov 1969 - Sent to South Vietnam for use asa training frame.

Mar 1975 - Blown up at Nha Trang to keep it from falling into North Vietmanese hands.

Accidents

Unknown

Crew

Unknown

Disposition

Destroyed (Scuttled)

Images

In the Congo during CIA Operation Anstalt Wigmo.

64-17644 is visible in the back right wearing a glass nose.

Sources

Databases searched:

• AAIR -
• MACR -
• KORWALD -
• Baugher