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==Disposition== | ==Disposition== | ||
Blown up at Nha Trang Mar 1975 | |||
==Images== | ==Images== |
Revision as of 20:33, 13 July 2020
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 44-35546.
Was named "Magnet Ass" during operations with the 609th in Vietnam.
Operational History
18 Aug 1964 - sent to Congo to participate in CIA operation Anstalt Wigmo.
Served with 609th Special Operations Squadron.
Participated in Operation Steel Tiger.
Sent to South Vietnam
Accidents
Unknown
Crew
unknown
Disposition
Blown up at Nha Trang Mar 1975
Images
Sources
Databases searched:
- AAIR -
- MACR -
- Baugher